relative in English

adjective

1

considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

the relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

synonyms: comparative, respective, comparable, correlative, parallel, corresponding

2

denoting a pronoun, determiner, or adverb that refers to an expressed or implied antecedent and attaches a subordinate clause to it, e.g., which , who.

The other personal relative pronoun, who, doesn't seem to be affected nearly as much.

3

(of major and minor keys) having the same key signature.

This piece will give the teacher a chance to review parallel and relative major/minor keys along with primary chord progressions.

4

(of a service rank) corresponding in grade to another in a different service.

The war prompted the navy to assign relative rank to nurses on 1 July 1942.

noun

1

a person connected by blood or marriage.

much of my time is spent visiting relatives

synonyms: relation, member of someone's/the family, kinsman, kinswoman, family, kin, kith and kin, kindred, kinsfolk

2

a relative pronoun, determiner, or adverb.

In the following pair, the first uses it as an interrogative content clause and the second uses it as a fused relative .

3

a term, thing, or concept that is dependent on something else.

This ‘causal maxim’ is a close relative of the Uniformity Principle, if we think, as Hume and Kant both do, that an event's being caused entails its falling under a law.

adjective

comparative, respective, comparable, correlative, parallel, corresponding
proportionate, proportional, in proportion, commensurate, corresponding
moderate, reasonable, a fair degree of, considerable, comparative
proportional
comparative

noun

relation, congener
relation, member of someone's/the family, kinsman, kinswoman, family, kin, kith and kin, kindred, kinsfolk
relation
congener, congeneric

Use "relative" in a sentence

1. Relative Altitude

2. Relative Altitude (bw

3. A blood relative.

4. relative positive acceleration

5. The relative molecular weight is 852 by using viscometry, its relative density is

6. = relative air / fuel ratio

7. Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition

8. Practice: Identifying relative Adverbs

9. relative air/fuel ratio

10. Ownership absolute and relative!

11. 11 Greet He·roʹdi·on, my relative.

12. The relative humidity averages 74%.

13. Its relative molecular mass is

14. The relative density is 5

15. Yeah, strength is exceedingly relative.

16. He is my distant relative.

17. " Crap " is a relative term.

18. But natural monopoly is relative.

19. file specifies the file containing the image. Relative pathnames are relative to the theme 's directory

20. Relative dates and times, on the other hand, refer to a point relative to an absolute date.

21. Relative chronological position The relative chronological position of Amenemhat VI is secured thanks to the Turin canon.

22. Nothing cuntier than firing a relative.

23. Relative humidity of the intake air

24. Bremsstrahlung relative to normal Bremsstrahlung, i.e

25. vi) Age Dependent Relative Relief (Sec

26. relative humidity of the intake air ( %)

27. Relative values are shown in percent.

28. They now live in relative comfort .

29. Relative Positive Acceleration above limit curve

30. Relative humidity of the dilution air

31. The number is absolute, not relative.

32. Actual size relative to the female

33. With the police or a relative?

34. Procedure Appropriateness Category Relative Radiation Level

35. Absolute and relative poverty level (lari

36. She is your father’s blood relative.

37. She's looking after an elderly relative.

38. The collet has a locked position relative the loader tube and an unlocked position relative the loader tube.

39. 20 In 'the man who came', 'who' is a relative pronoun and 'who came' is a relative clause.

40. We introduce a relative fixed point property for subgroups of a locally compact group, which we call relative Amenability

41. 3 The most notable is the relative pronoun that, which can only be used with a restrictive relative clause.

42. He retired and lived in relative isolation.

43. During this period, relative humidity is high.

44. Relative pronouns and adverbs introduce attributive clauses.

45. Calculate the relative molecular mass of Y.

46. I relative of mine is very Confrontational

47. Cacography is a close relative of Calligraphy

48. contains an absolute or relative place name.

49. Are liver disease and rectum cancer relative?

50. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.