liaison (noun)
1liaison — noun 1 communication ADJECTIVE ▪ close, effective, good ▪ poor ▪ community ▪ a community liaison officer (= for example in the police) …
2liaison — ► NOUN 1) communication or cooperation between people or organizations. 2) a sexual relationship, especially one that is secret. 3) the binding or thickening agent of a sauce, often based on egg yolks. ORIGIN French, from lier to bind …
3liaison officer — noun An officer forming a link with another unit or force • • • Main Entry: ↑liaison * * * liˈaison officer [liaison officer] noun a person whose job is to make sure that there is a good relationship between two groups of people, organizations,… …
4liaison — (n.) 1640s, from Fr. liaison a union, a binding together (13c.), from L.L. ligationem (nom. ligatio) a binding, from pp. stem of L. ligare to bind (see LIGAMENT (Cf. ligament)). Originally a cookery term for a thickening agent for sauces. Sense… …
5liaison — noun 1 (singular, uncountable) the regular exchange of information between groups of people, especially at work, so that each group knows what the other is doing (+ between): close liaison between army and police | in liaison with: The project… …
6liaison — noun 1) the branches work in close liaison Syn: cooperation, contact, association, connection, collaboration, communication, alliance, partnership 2) Dave was my White House liaison Syn: intermediary, mediator …
7liaison — noun 1) Dave was my liaison with the district manager Syn: intermediary, mediator, middleman, contact, link, connection, go between, representative, agent 2) a secret liaison Syn: love affair, affair …
8liaison — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from lier, from Old French Date: circa 1648 1. a binding or thickening agent used in cooking 2. a. a close bond or connection ; interrelationship b. an illicit sexual relationship ; affair 3a 3. a.… …
9liaison — I noun administrator, agent, bond, connection, contact, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, go between, interagent, intercessor, intermediary, intermedium, lieutenant, link, linkage, manger, mediating agency, mediator, messenger, negotiant,… …
10liaison — noun /liˈeɪ.zɒn,li.ˈeɪ.zɑn/ a) Communication between two parties or groups. b) Co operation, working together. See Also: liaise, ligation …
