LIAISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liaison mean? 

• LIAISON (noun)
  The noun LIAISON has 2 senses:

1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

2. a channel for communication between groups

  Familiarity information: LIAISON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIAISON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affair; affaire; amour; intimacy; involvement; liaison

Hypernyms ("liaison" is a kind of...):

sexual relationship (a relationship involving sexual intimacy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A channel for communication between groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

contact; inter-group communication; liaison; link

Context example:

he provided a liaison with the guerrillas

Hypernyms ("liaison" is a kind of...):

channel; communication channel; line ((often plural) a means of communication or access)

 Context examples 

You already know what she was, and how my liaison with her terminated.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Resource assists in facilities design, advices during the construction of containment facilities, and maintains a liaison with governmental agencies regarding biosafety related matters.

(Biosafety Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

A person that equally contributes to the preparation of the protocol, and shares the responsibilities of this position, including medical monitoring (particularly toxicity/safety), liaison with statisticians over analysis, and the generation of a report containing the results.

(Co-Investigator, NCI Thesaurus)

And I was quite right: depend on that: there are a thousand reasons why liaisons between governesses and tutors should never be tolerated a moment in any well-regulated house; firstly—Oh, gracious, mama!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)