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relation

Definition

  • noun: the way in which two or more people, groups, countries, etc., talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other
  • noun: the act of telling or recounting
  • usually used with 'back'
  • synonyms: account, rehearsal, detail

Examples

  • This movie 'bears no relation to' the book by the same title. [=it is not connected to the book at all; the movie and the book do not tell the same story, have the same characters, etc.]

  • I'm Jill Jones, and this is Mike Jones—'no relation'. [=we have the same last name but we are not related; we are not members of the same family]

  • I have several comments to make 'in relation to' [='in/with reference to, regarding'] the subject at hand.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) l have decided to kill myself. l'm going to blow my brains out on this program a week from today. Ten seconds to commercial. Tune in next Tuesday. That should give the public relations people a week to promote the show. We oughta get a hell of a rating out of that. Fifty share easy. (..)
    1976 Network