(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ between two people or groups is the way in which they feel and behave towards each other.
...the friendly ~ between France and Britain...
...family ~s.
N-COUNT: with supp
2.
A ~ is a close friendship between two people, especially one involving romantic or sexual feelings.
We had been together for two years, but both of us felt the ~ wasn’t really going anywhere.
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3.
The ~ between two things is the way in which they are connected.
There is a ~ between diet and cancer.
N-COUNT: N between/to/of n