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liaison

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li·ai·son  (l-zn, l--)
n.
1.
a. An instance or a means of communication between different groups or units of an organization, especially in the armed forces.
b. One that maintains communication: served as the President's liaison with Congress.
2.
a. A close relationship, connection, or link.
b. An adulterous relationship; an affair.
3. Linguistics Pronunciation of the usually silent final consonant of a word when followed by a word beginning with a vowel, especially in French.

[French, from Old French, from Latin ligti, ligtin-, from ligtus, past participle of ligre, to bind; see ligate.]

liaison
Noun
1. communication and cooperative contact between groups
2. a secretive or adulterous sexual relationship [Old French lier to bind]

That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military forces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and action.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.liaisonliaison - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
sexual relationship - a relationship involving sexual intimacy
2.liaison - a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"
communication channel, channel, line - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

liaison
noun 2. intermediary, contact, hook-up, go-between
noun 3. affair, romance, intrigue, fling, love affair, amour, entanglement, illicit romance
Translations
liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] n (= coordination) → enlace m (= affair); relación f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] nliaison f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] nZusammenarbeit f (= sexual relationship); Liaison f

liaison [liːˈeɪzɔn] nrelazione f;
(MIL) → collegamento

liaison
n liaison [liːˈeizon, (American ) ˈli:eizon]
a contact or communication liaison between parents and teachers; (also adjective ) a liason officer. skakel عَلاقَه връзка vztah, spolupráce; styčný kontakt; samarbejde; forbindelses- die Zusammenarbeit, Verbindungs-... σύνδεσμος enlace, relación, coordinación side رابطه yhteys liaison קִישוּר निकट सम्पर्क kontakt, veza kapcsolat hubungan samband legame, relazione 連絡 연락 ryšys, ryšių tarnybos sakaru dienesta virsnieks perhubungan verbinding forbindelse, kontakt(-), samarbeid(s-) łączność coordenação (de) legă­tu­ră; relaţie связь vzťah; styčný zveza čovek za vezu kontakt, förhållande, förbindelse; sambands[] ผู้ประสานงาน bağlantı, ilişki 聯絡 зв'язок, взаємодія رابطہ ، مواصلات sự liên lạc
v liaise [liːˈeiz]
to communicate or make contact (with) especially as an official duty. skakel يَعْمَلُ عَلاقَه влизам във връзка mít spojení kommunikere; skabe kontakt zusammenarbeiten έχω επικοινωνία, συνεργάζομαι enlazar con sidet looma / pidama ارتباط پیدا کردن pitää yhteyttä assurer la liaison avec qqn לִיצוֹר קֶשֶר सम्पर्क रखना službeno povezati kapcsolatot teremt v. tart (fenn) berhubungan mynda samband fare da collegamento, tenere i rapporti con 連絡をとる 연락을 하다 palaikyti ryšį, būti ryšininku uzturēt sakarus berhubung contact leggen/onderhouden etablere kontakt nawiązać łączność coordenar a lua legătura cu поддерживать/устанавливать связь nadviazať / udržiavať spojenie povezati se povezivati se kontakta, stå i kontakt [] ประสานงาน bağlantı/irtibat kurmak 聯絡, 建立關係 підтримувати зв'язок رابطہ یا واسطہ بنانا liên lạc 建立


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Vronsky's mother, on hearing of his connection, was at first pleased at it, because nothing to her mind gave such a finishing touch to a brilliant young man as a liaison in the highest society; she was pleased, too, that Madame Karenina, who had so taken her fancy, and had talked so much of her son, was, after all, just like all other pretty and well-bred women,--at least according to the Countess Vronskaya's ideas.
However natural the liaison of a young man, like Athanase, with a handsome girl, like Suzanne, for instance, might seem in a capital, it alarms provincial parents, and destroys the hopes of marriage of a poor young man when possibly the fortune of a rich one might cause such an unfortunate antecedent to be overlooked.
For some time George strove to keep the liaison a secret.
 
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