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relationship

ree lay shuhn ship

  • n  a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
    the relationship between mothers and their children
  • n  a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
    he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
  • n  a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
  • n  (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

  • Typically, they're in a committed relationship, but they aren't perfectly happy.
  • Another savior of our relationship is my husband's relationship with his mother.
  • It's time for a new maturity in the trans-Tasman relationship.
News & Articles

  • Relationship between Czech PM and aide at heart of graft scandal
    By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - A corruption scandal rocking the Czech government involves power and money but also, at its heart, questions about the nature of the relationship between the prime minister and a trusted female aide. Jana Nagyova, who runs Prime Minister Petr Necas's office, is in custody, accused, among other things, of illegally ordering military intelligence agents to conduct ...
    June 16, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Teacher Arrested For Impromper Relationship With Student
    A teacher from Cedar Hill was arrested Thursday for allegedly having an improper relationship with a student.
    June 15, 2013 - CBS Dallas - Fort Worth
  • Relationship column: Psychological marriage and psychological divorce
    Dear Neil: I’m married, but I’m not in an intimate relationship, and I’m not happily married, either. We lead almost entirely separate lives, and we sleep in separate bedrooms. I am not at all confident that she loves me; she certainly doesn’t act like she likes or loves me.
    June 14, 2013 - Vail Daily
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in TIME
    For too long, for a decade or more, there has been a cozy relationship between the oil companies and the federal agency that permits them to drill,said Obama. "It seems as if permits were too often issued based on little more than...
  • Jack Cafferty in New York Times
    I don't know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different,Mr. Cafferty said, according to CNN. "We're in hock to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing. They're holding...
  • Benjamin Netanyahu in Daily Caller
    The reports about the demise of the special US-Israel relationship aren't just premature. They're just flat wrong,Netanyahu said, sitting in the Oval Office to Obama's left and speaking to reporters in English. "There's a depth and...

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