relations
- noun
- /rɪˈleɪʃənz/
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relaciones
- The two countries have strengthened their bilateral relations through trade agreements.
We have valuable trade relations now with Iran.
- We have valuable trade relations now with Iran.
- We find meaning in our relations with other human beings, he says.
- And then her models that she sets out for relations between men and women.
- If you think that that won't heal American gender relations overnight you are insane.
- Maybe there should be no surprise in that race relations got set back during Obama's tenure.
- Solving the problems of race relations in the world.
- Yes, but isn't that what human relations are also, though?
- Then Trump tried to patch up his recent rough relations with Canada.
- stock exchanges amid increasingly tense relations between the world's two largest economies.
- And yet there was no warming of relations.
- This was, I think, the high point of US Russian relations.
- You shouldn't value those above those more important relations, he says.
Examples
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I'm pretty sure that China brokered diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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As an adult, Musk severed relations with his father.
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Russia actually has very normal good relations with Israel.
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Will this event change the relations between Japan and other nations?
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We find meaning in our relations with other human beings, he says.
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We have valuable trade relations now with Iran.
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My whole job was managing the international relations of the Treasury.
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Then Trump tried to patch up his recent rough relations with Canada.
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Maybe there should be no surprise in that race relations got set back during Obama's tenure.
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And in return, the Saudis normalize their relations with Israel.
Synonyms
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1.7
A connection between people, groups, or countries that shows how they interact
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2.8
How people, groups, or countries are connected and act toward each other
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3.5
People or things act on each other and cause change
Contacts and activities with people and groups, often in business or official situations
Compounds
A planned set of actions to make people view a company or person more positively
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3.6
Someone who manages how an organization looks to the public and talks to the media
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4.1
An independent United States agency that helps settle disputes between employers and labor unions
- Formal
A court that deals with family matters like custody, divorce, and child support
- Formal
A court that deals with family problems like divorce, child custody, and support
How Friendly
751
1.0
832
4.0
443
2.5
509
3.2
50
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Relations comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and a root meaning 'carry', so it first meant a 'bringing back' or report. Think of the English verb relate, which shares the same root, and remember that relations are the connections that show how people or countries 'deal with' each other.