- an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relations,
- the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.: foreign relations.
- the various connections in which persons are brought together: business and social relations.
- sexual intercourse.
- the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc.
- connection between persons by blood or marriage.
- a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative: his wife's relations.
- the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration.
- a principle whereby effect is given to an act done at one time as if it had been done at a previous time.
- Mathematics.
- a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality.
- a single- or multiple-valued function.
- with reference to; concerning: It's best to plan with relation to anticipated changes in one's earnings.
- the state or condition of being related or the manner in which things are related
- connection by blood or marriage; kinship
- a person who is connected by blood or marriage; relative; kinsman
- reference or regard (esp in the phrase in or with relation to)
- the position, association, connection, or status of one person or thing with regard to another or others
- the act of relating or narrating
- an account or narrative
- the principle by which an act done at one time is regarded in law as having been done antecedently
- the statement of grounds of complaint made by a relator
- logic maths
- an association between ordered pairs of objects, numbers, etc, such as … is greater than …
- the set of ordered pairs whose members have such an association
- philosophy
- a relation that necessarily holds between its relata, as 4 is greater than 2
- a relation that does not so hold
