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# relationship

«relationship» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way two or more people or groups feel about and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a relationship, relationships)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A relationship is the way two or more people or groups feel about and behave towards each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#m1)

2) A relationship is the way two things are connected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#m2)

3) A relationship can be a family connection, such as being cousins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#m3)

4) A relationship can be a romantic friendship between two people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Well-being and PSHE lessons: healthy relationships are kind, honest and respectful; children learn about friendships and family relationships. Maths and science: the relationship between two quantities, e.g. as one doubles the other doubles; graphs show relationships. Phrases: a good relationship, the relationship between, family relationships, healthy relationships.

### examples

- I have a good relationship with my grandparents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x1)
- What is the relationship between height and shoe size? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x2)
- Healthy relationships are built on trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x3)
- The graph shows the relationship between time and distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x4)
- The two brothers have a close relationship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x5)
- Cats and dogs don't always have an easy relationship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x6)
- Vambagen, the Brazilian historian (now Visconde de Rio Branco), tried to prove a relationship between the ancient Egyptians, or other Turanian stock, and the Tupi Indians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relationship/#x7)

### note

Countable: a relationship, relationships. In maths: a «relationship» or «rule» connects numbers (if each box holds 6, the relationship is total = 6 × boxes). A relationship between two things does not always mean one causes the other — a common trap in science.

### In the corpora

- [A rough patch is a hard time in a relationship, with more arguing or unhappiness, and many couples come through it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/10/)
- [Most TV romances end after the show; real relationships take much longer than a few weeks of filming.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/18/)
- ["A couple" means two people in a romantic relationship.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/12/)
- ["An item" means two people are in a relationship.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/14/)
- ["Between relationships" means single.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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