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BNC: 2255 COCA: 2428

relative
1 relative /ˈrɛlətɪv/ noun
plural relatives
1 relative
/ˈrɛlətɪv/
noun
plural relatives
Learner's definition of RELATIVE
[count]
1 
: a member of your family家人；亲戚；亲属
2 
: something that belongs to the same group as something else because of shared characteristics, qualities, etc.同类事物；亲缘动物；亲缘植物
2 relative /ˈrɛlətɪv/ adjective
2 relative
/ˈrɛlətɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of RELATIVE
1 
a  : compared to someone or something else or to each other相比之下的；相对的
b  : seeming to be something when compared with others相比较而言的；相对的
2 
grammar : referring to a noun, a part of a sentence, or a sentence that was used earlier表示关系的，关系词引导的（指代前面用到的名词、部分句子或句子）

relative to

formal
1 
— used to describe what someone or something is like when compared with or measured against someone or something else相比较而言
2 
: concerning or about (something) : referring to (something)涉及；关于
BNC: 2255 COCA: 2428

relative

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noun

rel·​a·​tive ˈre-lə-tiv How to pronounce relative (audio)
1
: a word referring grammatically to an antecedent
2
: a thing having a relation to or connection with or necessary dependence on another thing
3
a
: a person connected with another by blood or affinity
b
: an animal or plant related to another by common descent
4
: a relative term

relative

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adjective

1
: introducing a subordinate clause qualifying an expressed or implied antecedent
a relative pronoun
also : introduced by such a connective
a relative clause
2
: relevant, pertinent
matters relative to world peace
3
: not absolute or independent : comparative
the relative isolation of life in the country
4
: having the same key signature
—used of major and minor keys and scales
5
: expressed as the ratio of the specified quantity (such as an error in measuring) to the total magnitude (such as the value of a measured quantity) or to the mean of all the quantities involved

Synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Example Sentences

Noun At the family reunion, I saw relatives I haven't seen in years. He inherited a small piece of land from a distant relative. The donkey is a relative of the horse. Adjective the relative value of two houses the relative positions of the islands We discussed the relative merits of each school. “Who,” “whom,” “whose,” “which,” and “that” are all relative pronouns. The phrase “that won” in “the book that won” is a relative clause. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
This scathing satire is one of Godard’s most beloved works, following an upper-class couple who travel across the French countryside in order to collect the inheritance of a dying relative. Anna Tingley, Variety, 14 Sep. 2022 Earlier this month, The Real Housewives of Atlanta star's relative was involved in an altercation with a co-worker at Blaze Steak & Seafood in Atlanta, which is the restaurant that Burruss owns with husband Todd Tucker. Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 There was no immediate reply to a message left at a phone number listed as that of a relative of Richard Bracken's. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022 The great majority of guns involved in youth suicides come from the victim’s home or the home of a relative. Deborah Azrael, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2022 An Amber Alert was issued for the boy, but it was canceled at about 3 a.m. when the child was found safe at the home of a relative. Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Its closest relative — the long extinct simocyon — was a puma-like creature that lived about 18 million years ago, National Geographic reports. Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022 Unlike with Covid, which was caused by a novel virus, the basic tools already exist either for monkeypox or its close relative, smallpox. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 31 July 2022 And data from other countries that have already survived a wave of cases from BA.5 and its close relative BA.4 could offer clues on what is to come. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 July 2022
Adjective
The other abbreviations stood for child, parent, grandchild, other relative, lodger, servant, other, and inmate. WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 Its close relative, mellow yellow, also made an appearance in fall maxi dresses and knitwear. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022 The team plans to first design a genome for the tiger and compare it to the dunnart, its closest living relative. Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022 First, the team will construct a detailed genome of the extinct animal and compare it with that of its closest living relative – a mouse-size carnivorous marsupial called the fat-tailed dunnart – to identify the differences. Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022 To resurrect the woolly mammoth, Colossal’s researchers plan to introduce mammoth genes into the genome of the Asian elephant, its closest living relative. Kate Evans, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2022 The man told an officer that someone pretending to be his dead relative was texting him. John Benson, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 If prescribed in the UK, the pills can be posted to you or picked up for you by a friend, relative, or volunteer. David Cox, Wired, 9 Aug. 2022 The Baudelaire children, orphaned by a deadly fire, are sent to live with their closest relative, Count Olaf. Leah Campano, Seventeen, 25 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of relative was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing relative
BNC: 2255 COCA: 2428
relative

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELATIVE | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤close, near近親◇The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.繼承權傳給在世的關係最近的親屬。➤distant遠親▸➤blood, family血親；家庭成員◇If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.如果去世時沒立遺囑，只有丈夫、妻子、子女及血親才能繼承財產。➤immediate直系親屬◇The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.死者的直系親屬將繼承她的財產。➤living, surviving在世的／依然健在的親屬➤deceased已故親屬▸➤elderly, old上了年紀的／年老的親戚▸➤young年輕的親戚▸➤female, male女性／男性親屬➤long-lost長久不見的親戚◇He greeted me like a long-lost relative.他跟我打招呼，就像久未見面的親戚一樣。➤poor (often figurative) 同類中較次者◇He believes that interior design is the poor relative of (= inferior to) architecture.他認為室內裝潢設計較建築學來說要低一等。➤dependent (especially BrE) 受扶養的親戚◇the increase in dependent elderly relatives需要扶養的老年親戚的增多➤disabled, ill, sick傷殘的親戚；有病的親戚◇people who care for a sick or disabled relative照料病殘親戚的人➤bereaved, grieving (both especially BrE) 剛剛喪失親人的／悲慟的親屬VERB + RELATIVE➤have有親戚◇I have no parents or close relatives.我沒有父母或近親。➤lose失去親人◇an organization that helps people who have lost relatives (= whose relatives have died) 專門幫助失去親人者的機構➤care for, give support to, help, look after, support, take care of (especially NAmE) 照料親屬；供養親屬；幫助親屬；贍養親屬◇She's caring for an elderly relative.她正照料一個年邁的親戚。➤live with與親戚住在一起▸➤stay with, visit暫時住在親戚家；拜訪親戚▸➤find, trace (especially BrE) 找到／查找親屬◇The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.警方正試圖尋找死者的親屬。➤contact, inform聯繫／告知親屬◇The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.受害者名單要在通知其親屬後才公佈。PHRASES➤friends and relatives, friends or relatives親戚朋友◇an intimate reception for close friends and relatives宴請親朋好友的私人招待會➤a relative by marriage姻親

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