{
    "term": "relation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other",
            "sensetop": "relations with somebody/somethingrelations between A and B",
            "labels": "(formal)(US English)(British English)(North American English)(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**diplomatic/international/foreign relations**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "US-Chinese relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "teacher-student relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relations with neighbouring countries are under strain at present.",
                    "contextForm": "relations with somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We seek to improve relations between our two countries.",
                    "contextForm": "relations between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to have **sexual relations** *(= to have sex)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relations between the two countries are strained."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Relations between the two states have improved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Renewed efforts are being made to improve the strained relations between the two countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba's communist government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The move soured relations between Washington and Moscow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Venezuela re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a breakdown of marital relations leading to divorce"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a period of improved trade relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mechanisms that regulate the relations between labour and capital"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the need to establish good relations with our European partners"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the system governing social relations in India"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't know he was having relations with another girl."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is responsible for press relations and marketing communications at the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are close relations among firms and their suppliers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are moving to deepen the existing bilateral relations between the three countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She maintained friendly relations with Stephen's family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "gender relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story explores the power relations between men and women."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting will seek to normalize relations between the two countries."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["close", "intimate", "cordial"],
                "verb + relations": ["cultivate", "develop", "establish"],
                "relation + verb": ["improve", "deteriorate", "sour"],
                "preposition": ["relation among", "relation between", "relation with"],
                "phrases": ["an improvement in relations"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the way in which two or more things are connected",
            "sensetop": "relation between A and Brelation to somethingin relation to something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the relation between rainfall and crop yields",
                    "contextForm": "relation between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the relation of the farmer to the land",
                    "contextForm": "relation to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fee they are offering **bears no relation to** the amount of work involved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Little of what he said has any relation to fact."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have some comments to make in relation to *(= about)* this matter.",
                    "contextForm": "in relation to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Its brain is small in relation to *(= compared with)* its body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He established a relation between asthma and certain types of work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her work explores the relation between technology and culture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The right side of the brain deals with spatial relations between objects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The study shows the close relation between poverty and ill health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the complex relation between business and society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the relation of the subject to the object"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Similar policies were pursued in the 1970s, particularly in relation to health services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The energy an animal uses is in direct relation to speed and body mass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fee bears little relation to the service provided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film bore no relation to the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are conflicting views in relation to this issue."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["causal", "direct", "complex"],
                "verb + relation": ["bear", "have", "establish"],
                "preposition": ["in relation to", "relation between", "relation to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is in the same family as somebody else",
            "sensetop": "relation to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a close/near/distant relation of mine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a relation by marriage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a party for friends and relations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's called Brady too, but we're **no relation** *(= not related)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is he any relation to you?",
                    "contextForm": "relation to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What relation is Rita to you?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "relative",
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["close", "near", "distant"],
                "verb + relation": ["visit"],
                "preposition": ["relation to"],
                "phrases": ["friends and relations"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/relation/relation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "re/relation/relation__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin relatio(n-), from referre ‘bring back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’."
}