English Online Dictionary. What means relationship? What does relationship mean?
English
Etymology
From relation + -ship.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃənˌʃɪp/, [ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃn̩ˌʃɪp]
- Hyphenation: re‧la‧tion‧ship
Noun
relationship (plural relationships)
- Connection or association; the condition of being related.
- (mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
- Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
- A romantic or sexual involvement.
- A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other
- (music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
Hyponyms
- joking relationship
Derived terms
Related terms
- relate
- relation
- relative