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The definition of relative
10 Definitions of: relative
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- adjective, having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute
- adjective, (of a scientific quantity) being measured or stated relative to some other substance or measurement. Compare absolute
- adjective, comparative or respective
- adjective, in proportion (to); corresponding (to)
- adjective, having reference (to); pertinent (to)
- adjective, grammar denoting or belonging to a class of words that function as subordinating conjunctions in introducing relative clauses. In English, relative pronouns and determiners include who, which, and that. Compare demonstrative, interrogative
- adjective, grammar denoting or relating to a clause (relative clause) that modifies a noun or pronoun occurring earlier in the sentence
- adjective, (of a musical key or scale) having the same key signature as another key or scale
- noun, a person who is related by blood or marriage; relation
- noun, a relative pronoun, clause, or grammatical construction
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- noun, a person related to another by birth, as distinct from one related by marriage
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| Synonyms: | connection, relation, rellies (Austral. slang), comparative, correspond, respective, reciprocal |
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