liaison

noun

Communication between two parties or groups.

Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.

Cooperation, working together.

A tryst; a romantic meeting.

(figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.

A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.

(cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.

(phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.

(phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.

verb

(proscribed) To liaise.

Roots

ligoliais- · Latin · bind

Synonyms for liaison

contactn linkn affairn relationsn relationshipn connectionn intimacyn linkagen rapportn communicationn intercommunicationn intermediaryn dealingsn hookupn relatednessn

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