relations

  • 1relations — re‧la‧tions [rɪˈleɪʆnz] noun [plural] 1. official connections between countries, companies etc: relations with/​between • a bid to improve diplomatic relations with Beijing • the development of economic relations between the two regions 2. the… …

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  • 2relations — ● relations nom féminin pluriel Ensemble des rapports et des liens existant entre personnes qui se rencontrent, se fréquentent, communiquent entre elles : Relations de bon voisinage. Ensemble des rapports officiels qu entretiennent les États ou… …

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  • 3relations — formal sexual intercourse. → be related relations the way in which two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other. → relation …

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  • 4relations — index blood, dealings, kindred, next of kin Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5relations — of production …

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  • 6relations — n. 1) to establish; have, maintain; normalize; renew relations 2) to cement, improve, promote, strengthen relations 3) to break off, sever; strain relations (to break off diplomatic relations with a country) 4) close, intimate; friendly; strained …

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  • 7relations — Family connections. Business, professional, or social connections. When used in wills, the word is ordinarily construed as including relatives by consanguinity, and excluding relatives by affinity, unless a contrary intention is manifested. The… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 8Relations — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Relation. Relations est une revue d analyse sociale chrétienne fondée en 1941 par l école sociale populaire sous la responsabilité de la Compagnie de Jésus. Elle a été créée pour promouvoir la doctrine sociale de …

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  • 9relations —    see have relations (with) under have, human relations, and sexual relations under sexual intercourse …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 10relations — Synonyms and related words: accord, act of love, addition, adjunct, adultery, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agnate, alliance, ancestry, aphrodisia, approximation, ass, assemblage, association, balling, blood, blood relation, blood relative,… …

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