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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 yvlog Forms
- ԴDz···پ noun adjective
- ԴDz···پ·ly adverb
- ԴDz···پ·ness noun
- ܲ···پ adjective
- ܲ···پ·ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of relative1
Idioms and Phrases
- it’s all relative. it's all relative ( def ).
Example Sentences
The email confirmed Matthew Sharkey was a direct relative of Baby Callum, with a one in 36 billion likelihood of him not being.
The court can appoint an independent observer to monitor visits, but parents can also sometimes choose family friends and relatives.
There is the migration of many, many people towards the West, digitally savvy about the relative riches here, climate change and conflict among the push factors for some too.
Their last war had been in 2006, which was followed by years of relative calm.
Live shopping is a close relative to shopping channels like QVC, where viewers are urged to call in and buy the products demonstrated by presenters.
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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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