relationship

Words with a similar base: family_relationship, human_relationship, relationship

'relationship'

[relationship.n.01] as in: 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)

Examples:
the relationship between mothers and their children

'relationship'

[relationship.n.02] as in: a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

Examples:
he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship

'relationship'

[relationship.n.03] as in: a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

'relationship'

[kinship.n.02] as in: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Origins

					relationship (English)
├── -ship (English)
│   └── -sciepe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── relation (English)
    └── relacioun (Anglo-Norman)
        └── relacion (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── relationem (Latin)

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