Engelsk substantiv: relation | |||
1. | relation an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | abstract entity, abstraction | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | affinity, association, business relation, causality, change, comparison, component, component part, connectedness, connection, connexion, constituent, control, family relationship, foundation, function, human relationship, interrelatedness, interrelation, interrelationship, kinship, kinship, linguistic relation, logical relation, magnitude relation, mathematical relation, oppositeness, opposition, ownership, part, portion, position, possession, quantitative relation, reciprocality, reciprocity, relationship, relationship, social relation, spatial relation, temporal relation, unconnectedness | ||
2. | relation (om handling) the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ass, criminal congress, defloration, fuck, fucking, hank panky, nookie, nooky, penetration, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup, unlawful carnal knowledge | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | insemination | ||
3. | relation (om person) a person related by blood or marriage | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Police are searching for relatives of the deceased. He has distant relations back in New Jersey. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | relative | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | agnate, ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, better half, blood relation, blood relative, cognate, cousin, cousin-german, descendant, descendent, enate, family, first cousin, full cousin, in-law, issue, kin, kinsman, kinsperson, kinswoman, kissing cousin, kissing kin, married person, mate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib, next of kin, offspring, partner, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib, progeny, relative-in-law, root, second cousin, sib, sib, sibling, spouse | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede uttrykkene | clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe | ||
4. | relation (om kommunikasjon) an act of narration | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was the hero according to his own relation. His endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | recounting, telling | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | narration, recital, yarn | ||
5. | relation (om erkjendelse) (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | relation back | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle | ||
Overordnet kategori | jurisprudence, law | ||
6. | relation (om handling) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | International relations. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | dealings, traffic | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | plural, plural form | ||