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What (who) is relation - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Relations; Irrelation; Relation (disambiguation)
relation
n.
1) a relation between
2) in relation to
Relation
·noun Reference; respect; regard.
II. Relation ·noun The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
III. Relation ·noun A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
IV. Relation ·noun Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
V. Relation ·noun The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
VI. Relation ·noun The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
VII. Relation ·noun The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
relation
(relations)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Relations between people, groups, or countries are contacts between them and the way in which they behave towards each other.
Greece has established full diplomatic relations with Israel...
N-COUNT: usu pl
2.
If you talk about the relation of one thing to another, you are talking about the ways in which they are connected.
It is a question of the relation of ethics to economics.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of/to/between n
3.
Your relations are the members of your family.
...visits to friends and relations...
= relative
N-COUNT
see also poor relation
4.
You can talk about something in relation to something else when you want to compare the size, condition, or position of the two things.
The money he'd been ordered to pay was minimal in relation to his salary.
PREP-PHRASE
5.
If something is said or done in relation to a subject, it is said or done in connection with that subject.
...a question which has been asked many times in relation to Irish affairs...
PREP-PHRASE
Examples of use of relation
1. "There is no relation in the world like the India–UK relation," he said.
2. "It will be a stepped up relation, not stepped down relation," President of CII, Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Tuesday night.
3. "We want to work with them in relation to Iran and Kosovo but in relation to this issue we are disappointed with their response.
4. There is always the possibility of a review, not just in relation to cricket but in relation to other listed events.
5. Both parties are keen to complete the relation by marriage.