ALL meanings of relative
rel·a·tive
R r - noun Technical meaning of relative Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). 1
- noun relative family member 1
- adjective relative not absolute 1
- adjective relative comparative 1
- adjective relative compared to sth else 1
- noun relative relating to 1
- noun relative in proportion to 1
- noun relative a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage. 1
- noun relative something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else. 1
- noun relative something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to absolute). 1
- noun relative Grammar. a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb. 1
- adjective relative considered in relation to something else; comparative: the relative merits of democracy and monarchy. 1
- adjective relative existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent: Happiness is relative. 1
- adjective relative having relation or connection. 1
- adjective relative having reference or regard; relevant; pertinent (usually followed by to): to determine the facts relative to an accident. 1
- adjective relative correspondent; proportionate: Value is relative to demand. 1
- adjective relative (of a term, name, etc.) depending for significance upon something else: “Better” is a relative term. 1
- adjective relative 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. 1
- countable noun relative Your relatives are the members of your family. 0
- adjective relative You use relative to say that something is true to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind. 0
- adjective relative You use relative when you are comparing the quality or size of two things. 0
- adjective relative If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. 0
- countable noun relative If one animal, plant, language, or invention is a relative of another, they have both developed from the same type of animal, plant, language, or invention. 0
- adjective relative having meaning or significance only in relation to something else; not absolute 0
- adjective relative (of a scientific quantity) being measured or stated relative to some other substance or measurement 0
- adjective relative comparative or respective 0
- adjective relative in proportion (to); corresponding (to) 0
- adjective relative having reference (to); pertinent (to) 0
- adjective relative 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 0
- adjective relative denoting or relating to a clause (relative clause) that modifies a noun or pronoun occurring earlier in the sentence 0
- adjective relative (of a musical key or scale) having the same key signature as another key or scale 0
- noun relative a person who is related by blood or marriage; relation 0
- noun relative a relative pronoun, clause, or grammatical construction 0
- adjective relative related each to the other; dependent upon or referring to each other 0
- adjective relative having to do with; pertinent; relevant 0
- adjective relative regarded in relation to something else; comparative 0
- adjective relative meaningful only in relationship; not absolute 0
- adjective relative designating a word that introduces a dependent clause and refers to an antecedent 0
- adjective relative introduced by such a word 0
- noun relative a relative word, term, or thing 0
- noun relative a person connected with another by blood, marriage, etc.; kinsman or kinswoman 0
- noun relative a plant or animal in the same taxonomic division as another 0