Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 8 letters

relation

Best crossword clue

"Link between things"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/Part of speech nounSorted aeilnortStarts with REnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
1R2E3L4A5T6I7O8N

Definitions

  1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

Word origin

From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relacion (whence French relation), from Latin relātiō, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relātus (“related”), from verb referō (“to refer, to relate”), from prefix re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear, to carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ion. Doublet of relazione.

Used in a sentence

  • The relation between diet and health is complex.
  • Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
  • the foreign relations of the United States

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Link between things8 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

R_______

Related words