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{ "term": "relationship", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other", "sensetop": "relationship between A and Brelationship with somebody", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **personal/working relationship**" }, { "text": "a master-servant relationship" }, { "text": "This is an opportunity to **build** positive customer **relationships**." }, { "text": "The relationship between the police and the local community has improved.", "contextForm": "relationship between A and B" }, { "text": "the bilateral relationship between the US and China" }, { "text": "She has a very **close relationship** with her sister.", "contextForm": "relationship with somebody" }, { "text": "I have **established a** good working **relationship** with my boss." }, { "text": "We have a **relationship of trust** with our clients." }, { "text": "Spend time developing face-to-face relationships with your clients." }, { "text": "He creates an intimate relationship with the audience." }, { "text": "We formed a terrific relationship and went on to work together many times." }, { "text": "The two leaders succeeded in maintaining a successful relationship." }, { "text": "The company would not have prospered without its close financial relationships with government agencies." }, { "text": "Exercises such as this help forge strong relationships within the team." }, { "text": "Some people think only about themselves, even in family relationships." }, { "text": "The Prime Minister mentioned Britain's special relationship with the US." }, { "text": "We want to create relationships across disciplinary boundaries." }, { "text": "Building strong community relationships is essential." }, { "text": "The focus is on relationships among European countries." }, { "text": "The play is about power relationships at work." }, { "text": "The school has a very good relationship with the community." }, { "text": "They enjoyed a close working relationship." }, { "text": "They established a relationship of trust." }, { "text": "We want to improve the relationship that exists between the university and industry." } ], "topics": ["Politics"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["friendly", "good", "happy"], "verb + relationship": ["enjoy", "have", "begin"], "relationship + verb": ["exist", "deepen", "develop"], "relationship + noun": ["difficulties", "problems", "breakdown"], "preposition": [ "in a/the relationship", "relationship among", "relationship between" ], "phrases": [ "the breakdown of a relationship", "a network of relationships", "a web of relationships" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a loving and/or sexual friendship between two people", "sensetop": "relationship with somebodyrelationship between A and Bin a relationship", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Their affair did not develop into a **long-term relationship**." }, { "text": "It was his first **sexual relationship**." }, { "text": "Money problems have put a strain on their relationship." }, { "text": "She was **having a relationship** with a younger man.", "contextForm": "relationship with somebody" }, { "text": "She got involved in a **romantic relationship** with a colleague." }, { "text": "The relationship between Joe and Carmen is at the heart of the film.", "contextForm": "relationship between A and B" }, { "text": "Are you in a relationship?", "contextForm": "in a relationship" }, { "text": "People in **same-sex relationships** want equal pension rights." }, { "text": "At the moment he isn't in a relationship." }, { "text": "How long have you been in this relationship?" }, { "text": "I'm not ready to get into a new relationship." }, { "text": "He had brief relationships with several women." }, { "text": "These problems have affected all of his intimate relationships." }, { "text": "My husband and I have a very strong relationship." }, { "text": "Her early experiences led to her having difficulty in forming relationships." }, { "text": "The two of them have a happy and loving relationship." }, { "text": "People need support to get out of abusive relationships." }, { "text": "She was just getting over a failed relationship." }, { "text": "We want to educate children about sex and relationships." }, { "text": "The songs reflect her experiences of love and relationships." }, { "text": "It takes work to maintain a relationship." }, { "text": "She's had a series of miserable relationships." }, { "text": "He was not married, but he was in a stable relationship." }, { "text": "He's not very good at handling personal relationships." }, { "text": "I tried everything to make our relationship work." }, { "text": "His parents did not know about their relationship." }, { "text": "They have publicly affirmed their relationship." }, { "text": "In any relationship there has to be some give and take." }, { "text": "Lack of trust destroys many relationships." }, { "text": "She ended the relationship when she found out about his gambling." }, { "text": "Their relationship has always been a stormy one." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["friendly", "good", "happy"], "verb + relationship": ["enjoy", "have", "begin"], "relationship + verb": ["exist", "deepen", "develop"], "relationship + noun": ["difficulties", "problems", "breakdown"], "preposition": [ "in a/the relationship", "relationship among", "relationship between" ], "phrases": [ "the breakdown of a relationship", "a network of relationships", "a web of relationships" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the way in which two or more things are connected", "sensetop": "relationship between A and Brelationship to somethingin relationship to somethingrelationship with something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The study demonstrated associations, but no causal relationship." }, { "text": "They **examine the relationship** between poverty and crime.", "contextForm": "relationship between A and B" }, { "text": "She explores the **intimate relationship** between creation and pain." }, { "text": "There is often an **inverse relationship** between the power of the tool and how easy it is to use." }, { "text": "There is a **symbiotic relationship** *(= in which both depend on the other and both get benefits)* between our urban centres and the countryside." }, { "text": "This comment **bore no relationship to** the subject of our conversation.", "contextForm": "relationship to something" }, { "text": "the **complex relationship** of culture to politics" }, { "text": "They measured height in relationship to weight.", "contextForm": "in relationship to something" }, { "text": "Job insecurity had a **significant relationship** with alcohol abuse.", "contextForm": "relationship with something" }, { "text": "A clear relationship emerged in the study between happiness and level of education." }, { "text": "The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of depression to health risk behaviours among college students." }, { "text": "His latest book examines the relationship between spatial awareness and mathematical ability." }, { "text": "I can't see the relationship between the figures and the diagram." }, { "text": "No statistically significant relationship existed between the occurrences." }, { "text": "Our research will explore the relationships among these variables." }, { "text": "The different varieties of the language are in a dynamic relationship with each other." }, { "text": "The fee bears little relationship to the service provided." }, { "text": "There's a close relationship between increased money supply and inflation." }, { "text": "They discovered a relationship between depression and lack of sunlight." }, { "text": "They found no significant relationship between birth order and birth weight." }, { "text": "Numerous studies have shown a positive relationship between home values and proximity to parks and green spaces." }, { "text": "Family instability during adolescence has a strong linear relationship with criminality." }, { "text": "the inverse relationship between gas consumption and air temperature" }, { "text": "the relationship of a parasite to its host" }, { "text": "the symbiotic relationship between corals and algae" }, { "text": "When you invest, there's an inverse relationship between risk and potential returns." }, { "text": "People alter their voices in relationship to background noise." }, { "text": "Women and men stand in a different relationship to language." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["close", "direct", "clear"], "verb + relationship": ["bear", "have", "analyze"], "relationship + verb": ["exist", "emerge"], "preposition": [ "in a/the relationship", "relationship among", "relationship between" ], "phrases": [ "the nature of the relationship", "stand in a… relationship to something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the way in which a person is related to somebody else in a family", "sensetop": "relationship between A and Brelationship to somebodyrelationship with somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They have a very healthy father-son relationship." }, { "text": "I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them—I think they're cousins.", "contextForm": "relationship between A and B" }, { "text": "their relationship to each other", "contextForm": "relationship to somebody" }, { "text": "He claimed to have a distant relationship with royalty.", "contextForm": "relationship with somebody" }, { "text": "a film about a dysfunctional mother / daughter relationship" }, { "text": "We have quite an unconventional sibling relationship." }, { "text": "Different cultures have different ways to classify family relationships." }, { "text": "The relationship between mother and son is a very significant one." }, { "text": "The degree of increased hereditary risk will depend on your relationship to the person affected." }, { "text": "‘What is your relationship with Douglas?’—‘He's my step-father.’" }, { "text": "She's my mum's cousin's daughter, so I'm not sure what that makes our relationship." }, { "text": "Patients were also asked about less close relationships such as half siblings and grandparents." } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["blood", "family", "kin"], "preposition": ["relationship between", "relationship to"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/", "audio": "re/relationship/relationship__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/", "audio": "re/relationship/relationship__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": null }