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Relative
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- 1 Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. not-comparable
"For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places."
- 2 Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. not-comparable
"The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg."
- 3 Depending on an antecedent; comparative. not-comparable
"The words “big” and “small” are relative."
- 4 Having the same key but differing in being major or minor. not-comparable
- 5 Relevant; pertinent; related. archaic, not-comparable, rare
"relative to your earlier point about taxes, ..."
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- 6 Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional. not-comparable
- 1 estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete wordnet
- 2 properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’ wordnet
- 1 Alternative form of relatively. US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"In 1924 it moved to a commonious campus at Stockton. Like other Californian colleges, however, it decided to remain a relative small institution."
- 1 Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
"The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives."
- 2 an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) wordnet
- 3 Something kindred or related to something else. figuratively
- 4 a person related by blood or marriage wordnet
- 5 A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Etymology
From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).
From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).
From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).
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