Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The manner in which two things may be associated.

    The relation between diet and health is complex.

    There's no linear relation between mortality and size.

    Beziehung

    отноше́ниеotnošénije, зави́симостьzavísimostʹ, связьsvjazʹ

    відно́шенняvidnóšennja, зале́жністьzaléžnistʹ, зв'язо́кzvʺjazók

  2. (countable, uncountable)A member of one's extended family; a relative.

    Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.

    Verwandter, Verwandte, Verwandtschaft

    ро́дственникródstvennik, ро́дственницаródstvennica

    рідня́ridnjá

  3. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.

    the foreign relations of the United States

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of relating a story.

    Your relation of the events is different from mine.

    повествова́ниеpovestvovánije, изложе́ниеizložénije, сообще́ниеsoobščénije

    ро́зповідьrózpovidʹ, пере́казperékaz

    an act of narration

  5. (countable, uncountable)A set of ordered tuples.

  6. A set of ordered tuples.

    (countable, uncountable)A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.

    Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.

    половы́е отноше́нияpolovýje otnošénija

    стате́ві стосу́нкиstatévi stosúnky

  7. (countable, uncountable)A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.

    This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A subobject of a product of objects.

  10. (countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)The act of intercourse.

    have relations with

    have sexual relations with

Examples

288 sentences
  1. We've broken off relations with them.

    Ми з ними розірвали стосунки.

    ruМы разорвали с ними отношения.

    deWir haben mit ihnen gebrochen.

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  2. We have broken off relations with them.

    Ми з ними розірвали стосунки.

    ruМы разорвали с ними отношения.

    deWir haben mit ihnen gebrochen.

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  3. He is no relation to me.

    deEr ist nicht mit mir verwandt.

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  4. How are relations between the two of them going?

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  5. You're interested in a career in foreign relations, aren't you?

    deSie sind an einer Laufbahn im Auswärtigen Amt interessiert, nicht wahr?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
way in which two things may be associated:
member of one's family:
act of relating a story:
sexual relations:
Русский
By meaning 4
way in which two things may be associated:
member of one's family:
act of relating a story:
sexual relations:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments:
way in which two things may be associated:
member of one's family:

Origin

From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relaci

From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relacion (whence French relation), from Latin relātiō, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relātus (“related”), from verb referō (“to refer, to relate”), from prefix re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear, to carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ion. Doublet of relazione.

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Forms

plural: relations
Singularrelation
Pluralrelations

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
way in which two things may be associated:connectionB1linkB1relationshipB1
act of relating a story:tellA1recounting
mathematics: set of ordered tuples:correspondenceB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

39 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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