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Relative (adjective)
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
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Relative (adjective)
Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
“The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of , corresponds to the absolute URL .”
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Relative (adjective)
That relates to an antecedent.
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Relative (adjective)
Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
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Relative (adjective)
Relevant; pertinent; related.
“relative to your earlier point about taxes, …”
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Relative (adjective)
Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
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Relative (noun)
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
“Why do my relatives always talk about sex?”
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Relative (noun)
A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
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Relatively (adverb)
Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
“He measured his success relatively, that is, competitively.”
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Relatively (adverb)
Somewhat.
“He was relatively successful.”
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Relative (adjective)
considered in relation or in proportion to something else
“the relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known”
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Relative (adjective)
existing or possessing a specified characteristic only in comparison to something else; not absolute
“she went down the steps into the relative darkness of the dining room”
“the firms are relative newcomers to computers”
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Relative (adjective)
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.
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Relative (adjective)
(of a clause) attached to an antecedent by a relative word.
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Relative (adjective)
(of major and minor keys) having the same key signature.
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Relative (adjective)
(of a service rank) corresponding in grade to another in a different service.
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Relative (noun)
a person connected by blood or marriage
“much of my time is spent visiting relatives”
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Relative (noun)
a species related to another by common origin
“the plant is a relative of ivy”
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Relative (noun)
a relative pronoun, determiner, or adverb.
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Relative (noun)
a term or concept which is dependent on something else.
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Relatively (adverb)
in relation, comparison, or proportion to something else
“they were very poor, but, relatively speaking, they had been lucky”
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Relatively (adverb)
regarded in comparison with something else rather than absolutely; quite
“the site was cheap and relatively clean”