relations Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
dealings.
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noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
relation.
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noun the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
congress; intercourse; sexual intercourse; sex act; sexual relation; carnal knowledge; sexual congress; relation; copulation; coitus; coition.
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noun a person related by blood or marriage
relative; relation.
- police are searching for relatives of the deceased
- he has distant relations back in New Jersey
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noun an act of narration
telling; recounting; relation.
- he was the hero according to his own relation
- his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
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noun (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
relation; relation back.
- his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
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noun (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
relation.
- international relations