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| NOUN | 1 | relation | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
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| 2 | relation, sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, carnal knowledge | The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman | |
| 3 | relation, relative | A person related by blood or marriage | |
| 4 | relation, telling, recounting | An act of narration | |
| 5 | relation, relation back | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | |
| 6 | relation | (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups |
| Sounds | riyley'shahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
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| Broader | abstraction |
| Narrower | possession; social relation; position, spatial relation; ownership; causality; relationship, human relationship; function; association; logical relation; mathematical relation; foundation; connection, connexion, connectedness; unconnectedness; linguistic relation; part, portion, component part, component; affinity, kinship; kinship, family relationship, relationship; magnitude relation, quantitative relation; control; business relation; reciprocality, reciprocity; interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness; temporal relation; comparison; opposition, oppositeness; change |
| Nouns | relationship; relationship; relationship |
| Verbs | relate; relate |
| Meaning | The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman. The man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur. |
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| Synonyms | sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, carnal knowledge |
| Parts | insemination |
| Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity |
| Narrower | defloration; fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup; hank panky; penetration; unlawful carnal knowledge, criminal congress |
| Meaning | A person related by blood or marriage. |
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| Examples | "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
| Synonyms | relative |
| Member of | kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul |
| Narrower | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root; cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousin; descendant, descendent; in-law, relative-in-law; blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib; kin, kinsperson, family; enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrisib, matrilineal sib; agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib; kinsman; kinswoman; kissing cousin, kissing kin; next of kin; offspring, progeny, issue; second cousin; sibling, sib; spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half |
| Nouns | relationship; relationship; relationship |
| Meaning | An act of narration. |
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| Examples | "he was the hero according to his own relation" |
| Synonyms | telling, recounting |
| Broader | narration, recital, yarn |
| Verbs | relate |
| Meaning | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time. |
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| Examples | "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" |
| Synonyms | relation back |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine |
| Meaning | (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups. |
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| Examples | "international relations" |
| Usage | plural, plural form |
| Broader | dealings, traffic |
| Nouns | relationship |
| Verbs | relate; relate |
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