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  • 21relative — rel|a|tive1 W3S3 [ˈrelətıv] n a member of your family = ↑relation ▪ a gathering of friends and relatives a close/distant relative ▪ Her boyfriend is a distant relative of mine. relative 2 relative2 W2 adj …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22relative — 1 noun (C) a member of your family; relation (1): visits from friends and relatives at Christmas 2 adjective 1 having a particular quality when compared with something else: relative peace/comfort/safety etc: an atmosphere of relative calm after… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23relative — rel•a•tive [[t]ˈrɛl ə tɪv[/t]] n. 1) ant a person who is connected with another by blood or marriage 2) something having, or standing in, some relation to something else 3) something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24relative — /ˈrɛlətɪv / (say reluhtiv) noun 1. someone who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage. 2. something having, or standing in, some relation to something else (especially, in scientific usage, as opposed to absolute). 3. Grammar a… …

  • 25relative — I. noun Date: 14th century 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… …

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  • 26relative — I adj. relative to II n. a blood; close; distant relative; one s nearest relatives * * * [ relətɪv] close distant relative one s nearest relatives a blood relative to …

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  • 27relative — 1. adjective 1) the relative importance of each factor Syn: comparative, respective, comparable, correlative, parallel, corresponding 2) the food required is relative to body weight Syn: proportionate, proportional, in proportion, commensurat …

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  • 28relative — Synonyms and related words: affiliated, affinitive, agnate, allied, analogical, analogous, ancestry, appertaining, applicable, approximate, apropos, associated, associative, aunt, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brother, child, clansman,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29relative — [ rɛlətɪv] adjective 1》 considered in relation or in proportion to something else: the relative effectiveness of the mechanisms is not known.     ↘existing or possessing a characteristic only in comparison to something else. 2》 Grammar denoting a …

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  • 30relative — 1. adjective 1) the relative importance of each factor Syn: comparative, respective, comparable 2) food required is relative to body weight Syn: proportionate, in proportion, commensurate, corresponding • Ant …

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