rapport

rap·port

Use rapport in a sentence

The students are making excellent progress because their teacher has a good rapport with them.

noun

Rapport is a positive relationship between people.

An example of rapport is a student-teacher relationship built on mutual respect.

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rapport

relationship; esp., a close or sympathetic relationship; agreement; harmony

Origin of rapport

French from Old French raport, agreement, accord, literally , a bringing back from raporter, to bring back from re- ( from Classical Latin re-), again + aporter, to bring from Classical Latin apportare from ad-, to + portare, to carry: see port

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rapport

noun

Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

Origin of rapport

French from Old French from raporter to bring back re- re- aporter to bring ( from Latin apportāre ) ( ad- ad- ) ( portāre to carry ; see per-² in Indo-European roots.)

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural rapports)

A relationship of mutual trust and respect.
He always tried to maintain a rapport with his customers.
Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.

Origin

Borrowing from French rapporter ("to bring back").

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rapport - Computer Definition

The former name of device management software from Wyse Technology, San Jose, CA (www.wyse.com) that is designed to centrally control up to 100,000+ devices, including Wyse thin clients (see Winterm), Palm, PocketPC and other mobile devices. Rebranded as "Wyse Device Manager" in 2007, it provides access to local and remote client information stored in one or more MSDE-SQL or MS-SQL databases. It also optimizes network bandwidth during software distribution operations, provides manual and automatic discovery of network devices and performs scheduled updates and remote diagnostics.

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