relationship

[ri-ley-shuhn-ship] / rɪˈleɪ ʃənˌʃɪp /

NOUN

connection; friendship

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord affair communication contact exchange liaison link marriage rapport relation tie

STRONG

affiliation affinity alliance analogy appositeness association bond conjunction consanguinity contingency correlation dependence dependency homogeneity hookup interconnection interrelation interrelationship kinship likeness nearness network parallel pertinence pertinency proportion ratio relativity relevance similarity tie up tie-in

WEAK

consociation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divorce

STRONG

antagonism difference disassociation disconnection dissimilarity disunion division imbalance opposition separation unlikeness

Example Sentences

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In a somewhat murky turn of events, OpenAI quickly then announced that it had struck a new relationship with the U.S. government to deploy the company’s models for classified uses.

From MarketWatch

Anthropic’s relationship with the U.S. government soured badly after the company declined to let its products be deployed for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance.

From MarketWatch

He raced over to greet years-ago colleagues in restaurants and forged close relationships with executives at university endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Lose that relationship, and the whole relationship with the Shia community becomes a problem,” said Khalaji, the author.

From The Wall Street Journal

Almost everything we do at work—identifying the experts, managing tough feedback from a boss, figuring out how to work in teams made up of different personalities—comes down to our ability to manage relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal

relationship

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