relationship
relationship
(rɪleɪʃənʃɪp )Word forms: plural relationships
1. countable noun
2. countable noun
A relationship is a close friendship between two people, especially one involving romantic or sexual feelings.
We had been together for two years, but both of us felt the relationship wasn't really going anywhere.
3. countable noun
The relationship between two things is the way in which they are connected.
There is a relationship between diet and cancer. [+ between/of]
...an analysis of market mechanisms and their relationship to state capitalism and political freedom.
[Also + to]