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relationships

relationships is the plural of relationship.

Meaning of relationship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

  1. A connection or association; the condition of being related.
    • Near-synonym: alliance
    Synonyms:
    alliance
  2. The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
    • Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023
  3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
  4. A romantic or sexual involvement.
    • They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married.
  5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other.
    • Near-synonym: footing
    Synonyms:
    footing
  6. The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Phrases with relationships

Questions about relationships

What is relationships the plural of?
Relationships is the plural of relationship.

Words near relationships in the dictionary

  1. relationshiply
  2. relationshipper
  3. relationshippers
  4. relationshipping
  5. relationshippy
  6. relationships
  7. relationshipwise
  8. relationshit
  9. relationshits
  10. relationshopping
  11. relatival

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