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# liaison

«liaison» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way people or groups talk to each other and work…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a liaison, liaisons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Liaison is the way people or groups talk to each other and work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#m1)

2) A liaison (officer) is the person whose job is to keep two groups in touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#m2)

3) (formal, adult) A liaison can also mean a secret romantic relationship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school offices (a parent liaison), the police, the army and companies. It tells the reader someone links two groups. Phrases: liaison officer, in liaison with.

### examples

- The school has a parent liaison who helps families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x1)
- The police liaison officer visited our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x2)
- There is close liaison between the hospital and the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x3)
- She is the liaison between the two teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x4)
- The council works in liaison with local clubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x5)
- Good liaison stops mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/#x6)

### note

Tricky spelling: l-i-a-i-s-o-n (two i's). Comes from French. The verb is «liaise». It is a formal word; in everyday talk people say «link» or «contact».

### In the corpora

- [This is called liaison.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «liaison» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liaison/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.