Meaning & Definition of Relation in English
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Relation
/rileʃən/
noun
1. An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
synonym:
- relation
2. 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
synonym:
- sexual intercourse,
- intercourse,
- sex act,
- copulation,
- coitus,
- coition,
- sexual congress,
- congress,
- sexual relation,
- relation,
- carnal knowledge
3. A person related by blood or marriage
- "Police are searching for relatives of the deceased"
- "He has distant relations back in new jersey"
synonym:
- relative,
- relation
4. An act of narration
- "He was the hero according to his own relation"
- "His endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
synonym:
- relation,
- telling,
- recounting
5. (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- "His attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed"
synonym:
- relation back,
- relation
6. (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
- "International relations"
synonym:
- relation
Examples of using
I don't see any relation between the two problems.
Wages vary in relation to the age of the worker.