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relative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | congenator, congener, congeneric |
| Type of | being, organism |
relative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | relation |
| Type of | soul, someone, mortal, somebody, person, individual |
| Has types | cognate, cousin, cousin-german, descendant, descendent, enate, family, first cousin, full cousin, in-law, issue, kin, kinsman, kinsperson, kinswoman, kissing cousin, kissing kin, married person, mate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib, matrisib, next of kin, offspring, sibling, ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, better half, blood relation, blood relative, progeny, relative-in-law, root, second cousin, sib, agnate, spouse, partner, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
police are searching for relatives of the deceased.
relative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | proportional |
| Derivation | relativity |
earnings relative to production.
relative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comparative |
| Derivation | relativity |
a relative stranger.
Examples of relative
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Ahmanson is less involved in politics than he once was, though that is relative.
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Use mirrors to monitor the ball's position relative to your spine and your feet.
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She got the recipe from a relative who asked that the mystery never be revealed.
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There are ambitious relative newcomers such as Atletico Paranaense from Curtiba.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The award is designed to recognize improvement relative to expected performance.
From the post-gazette.com
Does America really want to double or even triple Federal taxes relative to GDP?
From the forbes.com
Italian and Spanish bond rose causing a narrowing relative to safer German debt.
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So once in a while it has a large-cap bias relative to the cap weighted indexes.
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That is largely because profits and high relative to trend and will mean revert.
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- A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
- Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
- An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
- Proportional: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
- (relatively) in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now"
- (Relatives) Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections, see Contents below.
- Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; Relevant; pertinent; Connected to or depending on something else; not absolute; comparative; That relates to an antecedent; Having the same key but differing in being major or minor
- (Relatives) uncle, aunt, nieces, nephews, cousin/s
- In file system navigation, a path to a file or directory as it relates to a user's or program's current directory location.
