Definitions for relation

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relation re·la·tion

Spelling: [ri-ley-shuh n]

IPA: /rɪˈleɪ ʃən/

Relation is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 534 anagrams from letters in relation (aeilnort).

Definitions for relation

noun

1. an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
2. relations. the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.: the various connections in which persons are brought together: sexual intercourse.
3. the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc.
4. connection between persons by blood or marriage.
5. a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative:
6. the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration.
7. Law. a principle whereby effect is given to an act done at one time as if it had been done at a previous time.
8. Mathematics. a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality. a single- or multiple-valued function.

Idioms

1. in / with relation to, with reference to; concerning:

Origin of relation

1350-1400; Middle English relacion Latin relātiōn- (stem of relātiō). See relate, -ion

Examples for relation

Mr. Gladstone dwells much on the relation of Homer to Christianity.

To my mind the two have no more than the relation of the words of a song and the music of its setting.

I revert, then, to my statement that God's relation to punishment is chiefly verbal.

Our ability to feel seen is truly dependent on being in relation to someone else.

Kim Kardashian Breaks the InternetTalking about butts in relation to Kim Kardashian had become tired.

Dr. Greenberg also indicates that the frequency of splurges can change depending on where you are in relation to your goal.

Who would not be proud of such a relation as Miss Clarissa Harlowe?

Tom Davis (no relation to Wendy) is very clear in his perspective on this.

It was now almost impossible to speak of individual divisions in relation to these actions, but only of corps.

In relation to her and her people he seemed to himself a man of power and influence.