relation
Definition of relation:
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part of speech: noun
Act of relating or telling: recital: that which is related: mutual connection between two things: resemblance: connection by birth or marriage.
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part of speech: noun
Narrative; account; respect; reference; connection between things; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; a person connected by birth or marriage; direct conformity of parts to a whole and to each other.
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Common misspellings:
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- relatsion (0.9%)
- realation (16.7%)
- realtion (62.6%)
- releation (2.2%)
- lation (0.4%)
- reation (0.9%)
- relaiton (4.0%)
- ralation (0.9%)
- raltion (1.8%)
- relaltion (0.9%)
- reltion (0.9%)
- relationb (1.3%)
- relasion (1.3%)
- relatoin (0.9%)
- rleation (0.9%)
- relashion (1.3%)
- relatin (0.4%)
- relasjon (0.9%)
- relatio (0.9%)
Usage examples for relation:
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" The housekeeper recognized me as a relation and I waited in his room some hours," went on the old man in a trembling voice.
"Molly Brown's Junior Days" – Nell Speed -
The " efficiency of boiler, furnace and grate" is the relation between the heat absorbed per pound of coal fired, and the calorific value of one pound of coal.
"Steam, Its Generation and Use" – Babcock & Wilcox Co. -
The other two are no relation
"Gossamer 1915" – George A. Birmingham
