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relation (n.)

c. 1300, relacioun, "relationship, connection, correspondence;" late 14c. as "act of telling or relating in words," from Anglo-French relacioun, Old French relacion "report, connection" (14c.) and directly from Latin relationem (nominative relatio) "a bringing back, restoring; a report, proposition," from relatus (see relate).

The meaning "person related by blood or marriage" is attested from c. 1500. The phrase no relation "not in the same family," used in differentiating persons with the same surname, is attested by 1930.

Entries linking to relation

relate (v.)

1520s, "to recount, tell," from French relater "refer, report" (14c.) and directly from Latin relatus, used as past participle of referre "bring back, bear back" (see refer), from re- "back, again" + lātus "borne, carried" (see oblate (n.)).

The meaning "stand in some relation; have reference or respect" is from 1640s; transitive sense of "bring (something) into relation with (something else)" is from 1690s. Meaning "to establish a relation between" is from 1771. Sense of "to feel connected or sympathetic to" is attested from 1950, originally in psychology jargon. Related: Related; relating.

correlation (n.)

1560s, "mutual relation, interdependence, interconnection," from French corrélation, from cor- "together" (see com-) + relation (see relation). Meaning "action of bringing into orderly connection" is by 1879.

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Definitions of relation

relation (n.)
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together;
relation (n.)
sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur;
Synonyms: sexual intercourse / intercourse / sex act / copulation / coitus / coition / sexual congress / sexual relation / carnal knowledge
relation (n.)
a person related by blood or marriage;
he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Synonyms: relative
relation (n.)
an act of narration;
he was the hero according to his own relation
Synonyms: telling / recounting
relation (n.)
(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
Synonyms: relation back
relation (n.)
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups;
international relations
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near relation

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