relations
part of speech
noun, plural of relation (a relation, relations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Members of your family: aunts, uncles, cousins (relatives). tree →
2) The way people, groups or countries deal with each other: good relations between neighbours. tree →
3) (formal) Connections between things. tree →
4) (euphemism, formal) «Sexual relations» is a polite phrase for sex. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, «all our relations came for Christmas». In history and news, relations between countries can be friendly or tense. In maths, relations connect numbers (greater than, equal to). Phrases: friends and relations, public relations, foreign relations.
examples
- All my relations came to the wedding. tree →
- We have relations in Canada. tree →
- Relations between the two countries improved. tree →
- The class has good relations with the teacher. tree →
- A distant relation sent me a card. tree →
- Public relations means managing how people see a company. tree →
- These amicable relations between the brothers were, however, sometimes interrupted. tree →
note
Plural of relation. Same as relatives for family. «In relation to» means about or compared with. Relationship is the link between two people.
Trees and pragmatics
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