to bear a relation to
1bear a relation to — bear a relation (or relationship) to [with negative] be logically consistent with the map didn t seem to bear any relation to the roads …
2bear — bear1 W1 [beə US ber] v past tense bore [bo: US bo:r] past participle borne [bo:n US bo:rn] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(deal with something)¦ 2 can t bear something 3 bear (something) in mind 4¦(accept/be responsible for)¦ 5¦(support)¦ 6¦(sign/mark)¦ …
3bear — 1 verb past tense bore past participle borne (T) 1 can t bear a) to dislike something or someone so much that they make you very annoyed or impatient: Oh, I can t bear that man he really irritates me! | I just can t bear that kind of selfishness …
4relation — Philosophically relations are interesting because of the historic prejudice, given its most forceful expression by Leibniz, that they are somehow ‘unreal’ compared to the intrinsic, monadic properties of things. A way of putting the idea is that… …
5relation */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms relation : singular relation plural relations 1) relations [plural] the relationship between countries, people, or organizations international relations relation between: The visit is an important step in… …
6relation — re|la|tion [ rı leıʃn ] noun *** 1. ) relations plural the relationship between countries, people, or organizations: international relations relation between: The visit is an important step in improving relations between Japan and China. relation …
7relation — /rI leISFn/ noun 1 FAMILY (C) a member of your family; relative: We have relations in Canada and Scotland. | close/distant relation: Diane s a distant relation of mine a third cousin, I think. | no relation (=not a relative): His name s Johnson… …
8bear — vb 1 *carry, convey, transport, transmit Analogous words: *move, remove, shift, transfer: hold, *contain 2 Bear, produce, yield, turn out are comparable when they mean to bring forth as products. Bear usually implies a giving birth to offspring… …
9bear — bear1 [ber] vt. BORE, borne (see 3), bearing, bore, born [ME beren < OE beran < IE base * bher , to carry, bring > L ferre, Gr pherein, Sans bharati, (he) bears] 1. a) to hold and take along; carry; transport b) to hold in the m …
10relation — relation, relationship, relatives As nouns, relation and relative both mean ‘a person related by blood or by marriage’, and both are idiomatic in the plural. For some reason, however, relation is the normal choice in the explicit context of… …