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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]
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

That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military forces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and action.
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.skakelعَلاقَهвръзкаvztah, spolupráce; styčnýkontakt; samarbejde; forbindelses-die Zusammenarbeit, Verbindungs-...σύνδεσμοςenlace, relación, coordinaciónsideرابطهyhteysliaisonקִישוּרनिकट सम्पर्कkontakt, vezakapcsolathubungansambandlegame, relazione連絡연락ryšys, ryšių tarnybossakaru dienesta virsnieksperhubunganverbindingforbindelse, kontakt(-), samarbeid(s-)łącznośćcoordenação(de) legă­tu­ră; relaţieсвязьvzťah; styčnýzvezačovek za vezukontakt, förhållande, förbindelse; sambands[]ผู้ประสานงานbağlantı, ilişki聯絡зв'язок, взаємодіяرابطہ ، مواصلاتsự liên lạc
v liaise [liːˈeiz]
to communicate or make contact (with) especially as an official duty. skakelيَعْمَلُ عَلاقَهвлизам във връзкаmít spojeníkommunikere; skabe kontaktzusammenarbeitenέχω επικοινωνία, συνεργάζομαιenlazar considet looma / pidamaارتباط پیدا کردنpitää yhteyttäassurer la liaison avec qqnלִיצוֹר קֶשֶרसम्पर्क रखनाslužbeno povezatikapcsolatot teremt v. tart (fenn)berhubunganmynda sambandfare da collegamento, tenere i rapporti con連絡をとる연락을 하다palaikyti ryšį, būti ryšininkuuzturēt sakarusberhubungcontact leggen/onderhoudenetablere kontaktnawiązać łącznośćcoordenara lua legătura cuподдерживать/устанавливать связьnadviazať / udržiavať spojeniepovezati sepovezivati sekontakta, stå i kontakt []ประสานงานbağlantı/irtibat kurmak聯絡, 建立關係підтримувати зв'язокرابطہ یا واسطہ بناناliên lạc

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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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