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liaison
What does liaison mean?
liaison (noun): communication between two parties or groups.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce liaison?
/liˈeɪˌzɑn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does liaison come from?
Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “liaison” mean?
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complete confidence in a person or plan etc
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communication between two parties or groups
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a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
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