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rel·a·tive
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that
(used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big. -
relativity
the state or fact of being relative. -
relative clause
a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or (that) I wrote in Here's the letter (that) I wrote. -
definite relative clause
a relative clause with a definite relative pronoun as subordinating word, as that they said in We heard the things that they said. -
indefinite relative clause
a relative clause with an indefinite relative pronoun as subordinating word, as what they said in We heard what they said. -
pitch
to smear or cover with pitch.