relations
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,116 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,379 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups also: dealings
relations in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But I can’t help detesting my relations.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Such discussions were not calculated to make the relations between father and son more cordial.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The conclusion is that the poetical history of Charlemagne has only the faintest relations to the true history.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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He had no relations round about and couldn't, or wouldn't, tell his new neighbours what had brought him along.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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It is frequently objected to Relations of particular Lives, that they are not distinguished by any striking or wonderful Vicissitude.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1