"relation" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "relation",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "relations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This building looks too big in relation to the size of the houses on the street."
        },
        {
          "text": "The children sitting in the boat were moving in relation to their parents who were sitting on the shore because the boat was going away from shore."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is a relation between eating good food and being healthy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is the way two things are towards each other or in comparison with each other."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "link"
        },
        {
          "word": "connection"
        },
        {
          "word": "relationship"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I have an uncle, two aunts and three cousins but no other relations."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is a member of ones' family."
      ],
      "id": "simple-relation-en-noun-MQPFWLmf",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "relation"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is a statement of equality between two products of generators that are used when showing a group."
      ],
      "id": "simple-relation-en-noun-IiDjx0Lw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "mathematics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "rĭ-lā'shən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rɪˈleɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-relation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "relation"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "relation",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "relations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This building looks too big in relation to the size of the houses on the street."
        },
        {
          "text": "The children sitting in the boat were moving in relation to their parents who were sitting on the shore because the boat was going away from shore."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is a relation between eating good food and being healthy."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is the way two things are towards each other or in comparison with each other."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "link"
        },
        {
          "word": "connection"
        },
        {
          "word": "relationship"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I have an uncle, two aunts and three cousins but no other relations."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is a member of ones' family."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "relation"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relation is a statement of equality between two products of generators that are used when showing a group."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "mathematics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "rĭ-lā'shən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rɪˈleɪʃən/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-relation.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "relation"
}