SOCIAL RELATION Synonyms

• a social or business relationship

• the act of becoming formally connected or joined

• the state of being allied or confederated

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

• the act of forming an alliance or confederation

• a formal organization of people or groups of people

• the act of consorting with or joining with others

• the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a social or business relationship

• a relation resulting from interaction or dependence

• (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

• (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

• a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)

• (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel

• fastening firmly together

• the state of being with someone

• the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• the state of being friends (or friendly)

• a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

• (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

• a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character

• (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

• an associative relation

• (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

• a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion

• the act of linking things together

• the members of a business venture created by contract

• a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal

• a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses

• a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

• 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)

• a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

• a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

• (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

• neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

• a social or business relationship

• equality of score in a contest

• a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• limit or restrict to

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• form a knot or bow in

• create social or emotional ties

• perform a marriage ceremony

• make by tying pieces together

• unite musical notes by a tie