relations
- 1Plural of relation.
Diplomatic relations between the two nations have improved steadily over the past decade.
She invited several distant relations to the wedding reception.
Note
A plural whose meaning shifts with its company. The sense of dealings, meaning how people or states get on, normally lives in the plural: diplomatic relations, relations between two nations. Said of people, it more often means kin, as in distant relations or relations on her mother's side. The surrounding words decide which is meant. To a mathematician, relations are simply several sets of ordered pairs.
relations is a form of relation
relation, noun: The manner and tone in which people, groups, or states interact and deal with one another. Full entry
- Forms
- relationrelations plural
- Spelling
- relation → relations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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