different between ties vs relationship

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z

Noun

ties

1. plural of tie
2. (dated) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

Verb

ties

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tie

Anagrams

• EITs, ETSI, Esti, ITEs, SETI, TISE, site

Catalan

Noun

ties

1. plural of tia

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -es (correlative suffix of possession)

Pronunciation

Determiner

ties (plural ties, accusative singular ties, accusative plural ties)

1. Belonging to that [one/person] (demonstrative correlative of possession), its

   La sunsistemo estas la aro de planedoj, lunoj, asteroidoj, kaj kometoj, kiu ?irka?as la Sunon pro ties gravita kampo.

   The solar system is the system of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, which surround the Sun due to its gravitational field.

Usage notes

When combined with ?i, the adverbial particle of proximity, ties ?i means belonging to this [person].

Finnish

Etymology

From tietää (“to know”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tie?s/, [?t?ie??s?]
• Rhymes: -ies
• Syllabification: ties

Adverb

ties

1. God knows, who knows

   Ties mitä otsikot sanovat presidentin tuoreiden kommenttien jälkeen.

   God knows (or Who knows) what the headlines will say after the president's recent comments.

Synonyms

• Luoja tietää

Anagrams

• -itse, esti, etsi, itse, itse-, seit

English

Etymology

From relation +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???le??(?)n??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???le???n???p/
• Hyphenation: re?la?tion?ship

Noun

relationship (plural relationships)

1. Connection or association; the condition of being related.
2. (mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.
3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.
4. A romantic or sexual involvement.
   • 1975 March 17, Marian Christy, "Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty", The Lebanon Daily News

     I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage.

   • 2000, April 8, Dorthea Straus, "Oates on Marilyn: Men, drugs, tragedy", The Baltimore Sun

     Her most satisfying sexual relationship seemed to be a threesome with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Eddy Robinson Jr., the spurned sons of famous film fathers.

5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other
6. (music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

Hyponyms

• joking relationship

Derived terms

• entity-relationship diagram
• entity-relationship model
• relationship anarchy
• relationshipless
• relationshiply
• relationshippy
• relationshopping

Translations

See also

• relate
• relation
• relative