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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:
鈥淏etter鈥 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
/ 藞谤蓻濒蓹迟瑟惫 /
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
- 藞谤别濒补迟颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍路谤别濒路补路迟颈惫别 noun adjective
- 苍辞苍路谤别濒路补路迟颈惫别路ly adverb
- 苍辞苍路谤别濒路补路迟颈惫别路ness noun
- 耻苍路谤别濒路补路迟颈惫别 adjective
- 耻苍路谤别濒路补路迟颈惫别路ly adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of relative1
Idioms and Phrases
- it鈥檚 all relative. it's all relative ( def ).
Example Sentences
It is true that there was far more relative calm at the end of the IMF Meetings compared to the beginning.
Abusers are often people the elders know, including relatives and caregivers.
Among the survivors and relatives attending the event on Sunday are 180 British Jews.
She's a Catholic and said her relatives in Mexico would "never believe it" when she told them she had been at the Vatican for the Pope's funeral.
Trump has been frustrated by this relative weakness of the US position, analysts say.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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