relation
(noun)
noun
1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Definition categories: general, abstraction
2. sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Similar word(s): coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse
Definition categories: act, sex
3. a person related by blood or marriage
- police are searching for relatives of the deceased
- he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Similar word(s): relative
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
4. an act of narration
- he was the hero according to his own relation
Similar word(s): recounting, telling
Definition categories: communication, narration, recital, yarn
5. (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
Definition categories: thought
6. (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
- international relations
Definition categories: act, dealings, traffic
Sentences with relation as a noun:
- The relation between diet and health is complex.
- Yes, he's a relation of mine, but a only distant one.
- Your relation of the events is different from mine.
- Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
- This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.