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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 by to ):
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 density
relative humidity
- prenominal comparative or respective
the relative qualities of speed and accuracy
- postpositivefoll byto 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
Derived Forms
- ˈپԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz···پ noun adjective
- ԴDz···پ·ly adverb
- ԴDz···پ·ness noun
- ܲ···پ adjective
- ܲ···پ·ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of relative1
Idioms and Phrases
- it’s all relative. it's all relative ( def ).
Example Sentences
Local media later identified the two men as relatives of Ms Kwok, citing police sources.
Meanwhile, when boomers were in their 20s, 30s and 40s, they enjoyed higher relative incomes and were more likely to own their homes, amassing more long-term wealth than most younger Americans likely will.
Remember, for all of their veteran savvy, this team is still a relative toddler, the two best players having been together barely three months and their coach in his first year.
"She liked to get up, eat, and pray and sleep at the same time each day," her relatives told Brazilian TV.
The announcement comes three decades after the end of white-minority rule - and after a group of survivors and victims' relatives sued Ramaphosa's government over a perceived lack of justice.
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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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