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Meaning of Relatives | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪvz

Definitions

  1. A person connected to another person by blood or marriage:kin, kinsman, kinswoman, relation.
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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,...
  4. Considered in comparison or relation to something else: an animal with a large brain relative to body size; the relative quiet of the suburbs.
  5. Having pertinence or relevance; connected or related: How are those remarks relative to the discussion?
  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage.
  9. Grammar A relative pronoun.
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  10. having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute: a relative value.

Equivalents

العربية أقارب أقرب الأقرباء ذو
Čeština příbuzenstvo
Español parientes
Français relatives relatives
हिन्दी परिवारी
Bahasa Indonesia gengsi
한국어 겨레 권당 친척
Svenska släkt
Tiếng Việt bà con thân thuộc

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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