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Relations

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Definition

relation /r'leʃn/ n ၁။ relations [pl] ~ s (between sb/sth and sb/sth); ~ s (with sb/sth) ဆက္ဆံေရး။ diplomatic/international/trade relations ❍ the friendly relations (existing) between our two countries ❍ US-Chinese relations ❍ sexual relations ❍ community relations (eg between different races in the same country) ❍ Relations between us are rather strained (ie difficult or awkward) at present. ❍ break off (all) relations with one's family. See also INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, RACE RELATIONS ၂။ [U] ~ (between sth and sth); ~ (to sth) ဆက္သြယ္မႈ။ ဆက္စပ္မႈ။ the relation of cause and effect ❍ the relation between rainfall and crop yields ❍ Your conclusion bears no relation to the rest of your essay. ၃။ (က) [C] ေသြးခ်င္း။ ေသြးသား။ ေဆြမ်ဳိး။ a close/near/distant relation of mine ❍ a relation by marriage. (ခ) [U] ~ (to sb) ေဆြမ်ဳိး။ Is he any relation (to you)? ❍ His surname is also Brady but we're no relation. See also BLOOD RELATION, POOR RELATION ❏ in relation to sth/sb [ IDM ] ၁။ ႏွင့္ပတ္သက္ေသာ။ his comments in relation to this affair. ၂။ ႏွင့္အခ်ဳိးက်။ ႏွင့္ ႏိႈင္းစာလွ်င္။ Temperature varies in relation to pressure. ❍ You've drawn the people too large in relation to the buildings. ❏ relational /-ʃǝnl/ adj (က) ( fml or techn ) ဆက္ႏႊယ္မႈ အရ ျဖစ္ေသာ။ Science tells us about the structural and relational properties of objects. (ခ) ( computing ) ဆက္ႏႊယ္မႈကိုျပေသာ။ a relational database (ie one that can recognize the connection between stored items of information).

Examples

  1. International relations
  2. [relation between] : The visit is an important step in improving relations between Japan and China.
  3. [relation with] : We have very good relations with the local police.
  4. [relation between] : The study found a direct relation between smoking and lung cancer.
  5. [bear no relation to something] : The tax bears no relation to people’s ability to pay.
  6. All our friends and relations came to our wedding.
  7. [any/no relation to someone] : ‘I’m Sarah King.’ ‘Are you any relation to Steve King?’