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li·ai·son
\ˈlēəˌz]än, ˈlē(ˌ)āˌz], lēˈāˌz] also ÷ˈlāəˌz] or -ˌs] or ]ȯn or ]ōn or ]ōⁿ or ]äⁿ or ˌ ̷ ̷əˈ ̷ ̷ or ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ)āˈ ̷ ̷ or ˈlēə]zən or lēˈā]zən or ÷ˈlāə]zən or ]sən or ]sən\ noun
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Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from lier to bind, tie + -aison -ation (from Latin -ation, -atio) — more at liable
1.
a. : a close bond or connection
< the farmers and the labor people ended up supporting the same people but without much of a liaison between them — Tilford Dudley >
: relationship, interrelationship
< a proper liaison between the school and the ordinary experience of the students — National Catholic Education Association Bulletin >
< establish any kind of liaison with the top men who were running trade and business — H.W.Carter >
b. : an illicit sexual relationship between a man and a woman
2. : the pronunciation at the end of the first of two consecutive words the second of which begins with a vowel sound and follows without pause of a consonant sound not present in the first word in other positions (as of \z\ in French \lāzȧmē\ for les amis by contrast to \lāpwä\ for les pois, or in eastern New England of \r\ in \fȧrȯf\ for far off by contrast to \fȧkrī\ for far cry)
3.
a. : intercommunication established and maintained between parts of an armed force to ensure mutual understanding, unity of action, and especially prompt and effective support by artillery and air units
< a liaison officer >
< doing liaison work in the front lines >
b. : any intercommunication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding
< such liaison work as we have goes on between theological liberals in both groups — W.L.Sperry > |