Meaning of relative | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
2. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative
3. Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form
4. Something kindred or related to something else.
   figuratively
5. A person connected to another person by blood or marriage:kin, kinsman, kinswoman, relation.
6. Depending on an antecedent; comparative
7. A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
8. a member of one's family; a relation. All his relatives attended the funeral. familielede أحد الأقْرِباء، أحد أفراد العائِلَه роднина parente příbuzný, -á der/die Verwandte pårørende συγγενήςpariente sugulane خویشاوند؛ قوم و خوییش sukulainen parent, parente קָרוֹב מִשפָּחָה रिश्तेदार rođak rokon keluarga skyldmenni parente 親類 친척 giminė radinieks saudara familielidslektningkrewny خپلوى، خيښى parente rudă родственник príbuzný, -á sorodnik rođaci släkting เครือญาติ akraba 親戚 родич, родичка رشتے ...
9. Having the same key but differing in being major or minor
10. when compared to someone or something else. He seems relatively happy now; This is a fairly unimportant problem, relatively speaking. relatief بالمُقارَنَه، نِسْبِيّا сравнително relativamente poměrně verhältnismäßig relativt σχετικάrelativamente suhteliselt نسبتا suhteellisen relativementיחסית तुलनात्मक रूप से relativno, razmjerno viszonylag, aránylag secara relatif tiltölulega relativamente 比較的に …와 비교하여 daugmaž, palyginti relatīvi; salīdzinoši secara perbandingannya betrekkelijkforholdsvis,...
11. Relevant; pertinent; related
12. Considered in comparison or relation to something else: an animal with a large brain relative to body size; the relative quiet of the suburbs.
13. Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related: How are those remarks relative to the discussion?
14. Grammar Referring to or qualifying an antecedent, as the pronoun who in the man who was on TV or that in the dictionary that I use.
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15. Music Having the same key signature. Used of major and minor scales and keys: A minor is the relative minor of C major.
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16. A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage.
17. Grammar A relative pronoun.
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18. having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute: a relative value.

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Examples

“The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives.”

“In 2008, the leader of a pro-government union accused Flores of nepotism after she reportedly hired at least 40 relatives to work within the National Assembly.”

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