Collocations for "relation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "relation" in context.
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relation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [foreign, business, industrial, political] relations
- an improvement in [foreign] relations
- have [poor, great, excellent, long-standing, tense] relations with
- relations have [worsened, suffered, nosedived]
- the relation between [cause and effect, an equal and an opposite force]
- relations between the two [nations, countries, superpowers, families]
- in relation to the [findings, results, comments, article]
- could not find any relation between the [events, two suspects, results]
- could not [confirm, demonstrate, prove] the relation
- had no relation to the [crime, happenings, event, incident]
- bears a [similar, equal, close] relation to
- what is her role in relation to the [project, work]?
- wanted to speak to them in relation to the [project]
- has sexual relations with
- arrested for having sexual relations with a minor
- seeking to [build, develop, improve] business relations
- is my namesake, but no relation
- is no relation of mine
- have no relation to
- greeted the [bride's, groom's] relations
'relation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
European
- arise
- assess
- entitlement
- exercise
- firstly
- judge
- liability
- little
- negligible
- particularly
- question
- small