liaison

/li:'eizʤ:ɳ/
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liaison

The manager serves as a liaison between the marketing and engineering teams.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A channel for communication between groups: A person or system that facilitates connection and information exchange between different organizations, departments, or groups.
    • A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship: An intimate, often extramarital, romantic or sexual affair.
Examples of Usage
  • As a channel for communication:
    • She acts as a liaison between the marketing and engineering teams.
    • The organization established a liaison with local authorities.
  • As a secretive relationship:
    • The novel's plot revolves around a dangerous liaison.
    • Rumors of their liaison spread quickly through the office.
Advanced Usage
  • "To serve as a liaison": To perform the function of connecting and communicating between parties.
    • He served as a liaison during the international negotiations.
  • "Liaison role/function": Referring to the position or duty of facilitating communication.
    • Her primary function in the project is a liaison role.
Variants and Related Words
  • Liaise (verb): To establish a cooperative connection and act as a link.
    • Our department will liaise directly with the client.
  • Liaison officer (noun phrase): A person officially appointed to coordinate between groups.
    • A military liaison officer was assigned to the unit.
Synonyms
  • Go-between: A person who acts as an intermediary or messenger.
  • Intermediary: A person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement.
  • Affair: A romantic or sexual relationship, typically one that is secret or short-lived.
Related Phrases
  • Liaison work (noun phrase): The activity of coordinating and maintaining communication links.
    • Her job involves a lot of liaison work with external partners.
Idioms
  • No direct idioms commonly use the single word "liaison." The word itself often carries the idiomatic sense of a "secret affair" in literary or formal contexts.
liaison

The manager serves as a liaison between the marketing and engineering teams.

Noun
  1. a channel for communication between groups
    • he provided a liaison with the guerrillas
  2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

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