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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rel•a•tive /ˈrɛlətɪv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologya person who is connected with another by blood or marriage;
a member of one's family. - something having, or standing in, some relation to something else:English is a close relative to Dutch.
adj. - considered or measured in relation to something else;
comparative:[before a noun]the relative merits of gas and electric heating. - existing or having meaning only by relation to something else:Standards of good or bad are relative to the society in which one lives.
- Grammar[before a noun] of or being a pronoun, adverb, or adjective that introduces a subordinate clause and refers back to an expressed or implied word in the main or principal clause: The relative pronoun is who in the sentence "That was the woman who called'';
the relative adverb is where in the sentence "This is the house where I was born.'' - [before a noun] of or being a clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adverb, or adjective.
Idioms- relative to, in comparison with;
when compared with:Our profits were up, relative to costs.
See -lat-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rel•a•tive (rel′ə tiv),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologya person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- something having, or standing in, some relation to something else.
- something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to absolute).
- Grammara relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb.
adj. - considered in relation to something else;
comparative:the relative merits of democracy and monarchy. - existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else;
not absolute or independent:Happiness is relative. - having relation or connection.
- having reference or regard;
relevant;
pertinent (usually fol. by to):to determine the facts relative to an accident. - correspondent;
proportionate:Value is relative to demand. - (of a term, name, etc.) depending for significance upon something else:"Better'' is a relative term.
- Grammar
- noting or pertaining to a word that introduces a subordinate clause of which it is, or is a part of, the subject or predicate and that refers to an expressed or implied element of the principal clause (the antecedent), as the relative pronoun who in He's the man who saw you or the relative adverb where in This is the house where she was born.
- noting or pertaining to a relative clause.
- Late Latin relātīvus (adjective, adjectival); see relate, -ive
- Middle French)
- Middle English relatif (noun, nominal) (1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: relative /ˈrɛlətɪv/ adj - having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute
- (prenominal) (of a scientific quantity) being measured or stated relative to some other substance or measurement: relative humidity, relative density
- (prenominal) comparative or respective: the relative qualities of speed and accuracy
- (postpositive) followed by to: in proportion (to); corresponding (to): earnings relative to production
- having reference (to); pertinent (to)
- 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 - denoting or relating to a clause (relative clause) that modifies a noun or pronoun occurring earlier in the sentence
- (of a musical key or scale) having the same key signature as another key or scale
n - a person who is related by blood or marriage; relation
- a relative pronoun, clause, or grammatical construction
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin relātīvus referringˈrelativeness n |