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relative

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noun

rel·​a·​tive ˈre-lə-tiv How to pronounce relative (audio)
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: a word referring grammatically to an antecedent
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: 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
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: having the same key signature
—used of major and minor keys and scales
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: 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

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