Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Harmonious relation; correspondence; accord or agreement; affinity; analogy: used as a French word, often in the phrase en rapport, in or into close relation, accord, or harmony.
- noun In French law. a report on a case, or on a subject submitted; a return.
- To have relation or reference; relate; refer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
- noun in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
relationship ofmutual trust andrespect .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the many ways you can build rapport is to include some personal information about you and your family.
Michael Tasner: 8 Secrets to Successful Blogging Michael Tasner 2010
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One of the many ways you can build rapport is to include some personal information about you and your family.
Michael Tasner: 8 Secrets to Successful Blogging Michael Tasner 2010
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She resists at first but they slowly gain a rapport from the 1940s into the 1970s as the civil rights movement swirls around them.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Driving Miss Daisy" Sputters, "Wings" Doesn't Soar Michael Giltz 2010
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She resists at first but they slowly gain a rapport from the 1940s into the 1970s as the civil rights movement swirls around them.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Driving Miss Daisy" Sputters, "Wings" Doesn't Soar Michael Giltz 2010
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One of the many ways you can build rapport is to include some personal information about you and your family.
Michael Tasner: 8 Secrets to Successful Blogging Michael Tasner 2010
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One of the many ways you can build rapport is to include some personal information about you and your family.
Michael Tasner: 8 Secrets to Successful Blogging Michael Tasner 2010
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That rapport is critical because trainers are convinced that a happy horse, who eats well and responds to attention in a spirited way, performs better.
USATODAY.com 2005
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The risk of investing in Arenas' four-year, $80 million contract is mitigated by his long-term rapport with his new GM, who has maintained their relationship since Smith was an executive with the Warriors when Arenas beginning his career at Golden State.
SI.com 2010
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The risk of investing in Arenas' four-year, $80 million contract is mitigated by his long-term rapport with his new GM, who has maintained their relationship since Smith was an executive with the Warriors when Arenas beginning his career at Golden State.
SI.com 2010
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It creates a sort of scholarly "rapport" -- this use of commas -- between the gentility of the author and the assumed gentility of the reader, taking the latter into a kind of amiable partnership in ironic superiority.
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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