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.