Relation (Noun)
Meaning 1
(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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.
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Unique beginner for nouns.
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- Interrelationship
- Component
- Family Relationship
- Quantitative Relation
- Reciprocity
- Connectedness
- Connexion
- Portion
- Constituent
- Spatial Relation
- Component Part
- Relationship
- Kinship
- Oppositeness
- Interrelatedness
- Human Relationship
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Meaning 5
Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Synonyms
- Sexual Intercourse
- Sexual Relation
- Intercourse
- Sex Act
- Coition
- Sexual Congress
- Carnal Knowledge
- Copulation
- Coitus
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Meaning 6
A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey".
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Nouns denoting people.
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- Married Person
- Patrilineal Kin
- Mate
- Kin
- Spouse
- Blood Relation
- Offspring
- In-law
- Matrilineal Sib
- Sib
- Kinswoman
- Sibling
- Family
- Second Cousin
- Full Cousin
- Kinsman
- Enate
- Cousin-german
- Ascendent
- Descendant
- Issue
- Agnate
- Matrisib
- Root
- Patrisib
- Matrilineal Kin
- Kissing Cousin
- Antecedent
- Next Of Kin
- Better Half
- Cognate
- Ancestor
- Cousin
- Patrilineal Sib