Relationship
[rɪ'leɪʃ(ə)nʃɪp] or [rɪ'leʃən'ʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); 'the relationship between mothers and their children'.
(noun.) a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); 'he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship'.
(noun.) a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.
Checker: Neil--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Connection, relation, dependence.[2]. Kindred, affinity, consanguinity, propinquity, KIN.
Checked by Alyson
Examples
- Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already discussed the relationship of social development to the restriction of the idea of property (chap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lucy, Lucy, my poor little god-sister (if there be such a relationship), here--_here_ is your letter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was not known that Wickham had a single relationship with whom he kept up any connection, and it was certain that he had no near one living. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The truth was driven home upon him that political science is a science of human relationship with the human beings left out. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We are not even positive about their relative relationship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The names of yet other associates occur from time to time in this narrative--Edison men who have been very proud of their close relationship to the inventor and his work at old Menlo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Dalton thus introduced into the study of chemical combination a very definite idea of quantitative relationship. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And they wanted to keep it on the level of a game, their relationship: SUCH a fine game. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Any modification of the relationship of men and women was immediately put out of consideration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We have shown the necessary relationship of these early civilizations to the early temples and to king-gods and god-kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a real impersonal me, that is beyond love, beyond any emotional relationship. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The most important problem of moral education in the school concerns the relationship of knowledge and conduct. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- DO I want a real, ultimate relationship with Gerald? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All authorities agree that that discernment of relationships is the genuinely intellectual matter; hence, the educative matter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Why bother about human relationships? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As a matter of fact, morals are as broad as acts which concern our relationships with others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Social relationships and modes of organized action are reduced to their lowest terms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is just part of human relationships, no more. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In practice, education meets these conditions, and hence is general, in the degree in which it takes account of social relationships. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Plato was living in a time of doubt and questioning about all human relationships. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the latter state of affairs must obtain when social relationships are not equitably balanced. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To adhere to life, he must adhere to human relationships, and he caught at every straw. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The civilization in which we live to-day is simply carrying on and still further developing and working out and rearranging these relationships. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He unfolded a conception of international relationships that came like a gospel, like the hope of a better world, to the whole eastern hemisphere. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But his immediate interest lay in numerical relationships and geometrical proportions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A large number of human relationships in any social group are still upon the machine-like plane. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He considered, however, that in order to bear the relationships in memory or to embrace several at once , it was essential to explain them by certain formul?, the shorter the better. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But (2) the measure of the value of an experience lies in the perception of relationships or continuities to which it leads up. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Nola