Rapport meaning

Noun: rapport

Pronunciation: (ra’por)

Rapport meaning: A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.

Synonym: resonance

Quotations: Charles Tillman – I like it a lot. That just goes to show the rapport we have with the coaches and they trust us enough to do something on our own that we recognize so we can make a play.

Lindsay Whalen – There’s no timetable. I’m just going to try to rehab as best I can and come back in good shape. The one thing I have going for me is I’ve played two years with the players on this team. We have a real good rapport, so it’s not like I’m getting to know eight new players.

Alex Rodriguez – I feel more accepted in this clubhouse this year. I feel like I’m one of the guys in here now. And last year, it wasn’t their fault, it was my fault. I was one person trying to get to know 100 people. You’re going to have a better rapport with people in your second year than your first, this is a more comfortable feeling.

Bud Keene – It’s easy for me to establish an immediate rapport with riders? I can hop in the pipe and ride, I’ve been there before. I do it for the same reason they do: the love of the sport. My goals are the same as theirs. I want for them what they want for themselves and that’s the best that they can do.

Sam Keller – It was my first camp as a starter. I’ll always remember that, just because I have been waiting for this my entire life. I felt like I really grabbed hold of the team. I didn’t know how they were going to respond to me. I knew I had a lot of friends out here, and I knew I had a good rapport with a lot of them, but I’m just really pleased with how the guys have my back.

Sample sentences:

1. We’ve got three new birds that are going up. I’m using all my clout, rapport and lobbying to, hopefully, have them at least fly calibration runs over Mount Ararat.
2. People are doing more and more via phone and e-mail, so it’s harder for us to establish a personal relationship and develop a rapport.
3. It’s a wrap-up meeting to let folks know that the project is complete. The time that we’ve been up there, we’ve had a remarkably good rapport with the community.
4. We find that it is people who cannot boil an egg that are most successful because they build an instant rapport with customers.
5. We have great belief in our coach and he has a great rapport with the players. If we can achieve Scottish Cup success and make the Champions League that would be fantastic for everybody at Hearts.
6. I think it’s like father, like son. They’re both very good with players, they’re both players’ coaches. When they want something done, it’s going to get done. They’re going to be hard when the times call for it, but at the same time they can joke around with the players, you can kind of build a rapport with them.
7. They have a good rapport with one another, and it shows on Sundays. Those guys, you got to come with your working boots on when you play them.
8. I’m trying to build a rapport for him to believe I’m on his side.
9. Tonight was a little rough, but the girls came together and came through. I think the girls were really frustrated when we were not getting the serves over. The confidence level came back. The rapport was awesome.
10. We always say, you’re not going to know if you want to marry a person in four minutes. It really just to get a sense of rapport