Rapport

Quick meaning: Rapport is a noun meaning Relation; proportion; conformity.

Meaning

Relation; proportion; conformity.

More Meanings

1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

Example Sentences

He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers.

'Tis obvious enough, what rapport there is, and muſt ever be, between the Thoughts and Words, the Conceptions and Languages of every Country, [...]

"You can't have less than nothing. They ignore them altogether. Some time ago I had a series of cases of telepathic rapport which I wished to lay before the Royal Society."

She'd expected to sleep fitfully. Her bunk was in an alcove separated from the others physically by a server partition and sonically by an extra-loud electronic hum, which didn't surprise her since she'd only started attempting a chummier rapport with her troops in the year which hadn't happened.

Word Forms

• rapports

Synonyms for rapport

Depending on context, synonyms include accord, correspondence, compatibility.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include accord, compatibility, complicity, status, familiarity, relationship.

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