liaison

CEFRC1

/liˈeɪˌzɒ̃/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Communication and cooperation between people or groups.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person who helps organizations communicate and work together.

Examples

  • Layla had a dangerous liaison with a hitman.

  • Mary is a Foreign Affairs Liaison who works for the State Department.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /-ˌsɑn/
  • /-ˌzɒn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Communication between two parties or groups.

  2. Cooperation, working together.

  3. A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.

More examples

In context

  • As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.

  • […]prepare a liaison, or four or five yolks of eggs and some cream […]

  • The 55-year-old, who worked as a nurse liaison for 30 years before opening her clothing boutique in 2014, began streaming fashion shows on Facebook Live featuring herself wearing the clothes, jewelry and accessories she sells.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).