Synonyms: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Similar words: abstract entity, abstraction
Definition: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
Synonyms: relation
Definition: (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
Usage: international relations
Similar words: dealings, traffic
Definition: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
Synonyms: intercourse, congress, copulation, coition, coitus, carnal knowledge, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, relation
Definition: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Similar words: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
Definition: activities associated with sexual intercourse
Usage: they had sex in the back seat
Synonyms: relation, relation back
Definition: (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
Usage: his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
Similar words: judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle
Definition: (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
Synonyms: telling, recounting, relation
Definition: an act of narration
Usage: he was the hero according to his own relation; his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
Similar words: narration, recital, yarn
Definition: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
Usage: his narration was hesitant
Definition: a person related by blood or marriage
Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do