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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
relative
adj 1: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a
relative stranger" [syn: relative, comparative] [ant:
absolute]
2: properly related in size or degree or other measurable
characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment
ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to
production" [syn: proportional, relative]
n 1: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are
searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant
relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation]
2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
[syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Relative \Rel"a*tive\ (r?l"?-t?v), a. [F. relatif, L. relativus.
See Relate.]
1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting;
standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not
relative to the subject.
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I'll have grounds
More relative than this. --Shak.
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2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or
reference to, something else; not absolute.
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Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative
capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued
with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part
of the universe, and so stands in such a relations
to the whole. --South.
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3. (Gram.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an
antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.
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4. (Mus.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys,
which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones,
admit of a natural transition from one to the other.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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Relative clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative
pronoun.
Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as
guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf.
Correlative.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Relative \Rel"a*tive\, n.
One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its
relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one
of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected
by any relation. Specifically:
(a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one
allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
"Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives."
--Bp. Fell.
(b) (Gram.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or
represents, another word or phrase, called its
antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".
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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
RELATIVE
Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
RELATIVE. One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a
kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion
with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
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Thesaurus Results for relative:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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