Relationship | Mean of relationship in English Dictionary

/rɪˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp/

• Noun
• the way in which two or more people, groups, countries, etc., talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other
1. The relationship between the two countries has improved.
2. She has a close relationship with her sister.
3. We have a good working relationship. [=we work well together]
4. I have a love-hate relationship with my ex. [=I have strong feelings of both love and hatred for my ex]
• a romantic or sexual friendship between two people
1. She has had many bad relationships.
2. I am not in a relationship right now.
• the way in which two or more people or things are connected
1. the relationship between mental and physical health
2. the doctor-patient relationship
3. “What is your relationship to the witness?” “He is my father/friend/boss.”
4. Her earlier paintings bear little relationship to her later work. [=her earlier paintings are very different from her later work; her earlier paintings are not obviously connected to her later work]