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relative
[rel-uh-tiv]
noun
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else.
something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc. (absolute ).
Grammar.a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb.
adjective
considered in relation to something else; comparative.
the relative merits of democracy and monarchy.
existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent.
Happiness is relative.
having relation or connection.
having reference or regard; relevant; pertinent (usually followed byto ).
to determine the facts relative to an accident.
correspondent; proportionate.
Value is relative to demand.
(of a term, name, etc.) depending for significance upon something else.
“Better” is a relative term.
Grammar.
noting or pertaining to a word that introduces a subordinate clause of which it is, or is a part of, the subject or predicate and that refers to an expressed or implied element of the principal clause (the antecedent), as the relative pronoun who in He's the man who saw you or the relative adverb where in This is the house where she was born.
noting or pertaining to a relative clause.
relative
/ ˈɛəɪ /
adjective
having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute
a relative value
(prenominal) (of a scientific quantity) being measured or stated relative to some other substance or measurement Compare absolute
relative humidity
relative density
(prenominal) comparative or respective
the relative qualities of speed and accuracy
in proportion (to); corresponding (to)
earnings relative to production
having reference (to); pertinent (to)
matters not relative to the topic under discussion
grammar denoting or belonging to a class of words that function as subordinating conjunctions in introducing relative clauses. In English, relative pronouns and determiners include who, which, and that Compare demonstrative interrogative
grammar denoting or relating to a clause ( relative clause ) that modifies a noun or pronoun occurring earlier in the sentence
(of a musical key or scale) having the same key signature as another key or scale
C major is the relative major of A minor
noun
a person who is related by blood or marriage; relation
a relative pronoun, clause, or grammatical construction
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonrelative noun
- nonrelatively adverb
- nonrelativeness noun
- unrelative adjective
- unrelatively adverb
- ˈپԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of relative1
Idioms and Phrases
it’s all relative. it's all relative.
Example Sentences
What do you think about the party brand in this context, thinking about the relative success of a candidate like Dan Osborne?
"I had one patient whose relative started filming while I was trying to set up," said Ashley d'Aquino, a therapeutic radiographer from London.
"For now, all we do is check the news every hour and call the friends and relatives whose neighbourhood has been hit to make sure they are still alive."
Thick marine-layer clouds filled the sky at 7 a.m, keeping the relative humidity too high for a good scorching.
On Facebook, liberals posting about the shooting are already seeing confused friends and relatives show up in their comments, asserting a connection between Boelter and Walz that isn't there.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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