relative
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relative
adj. proportionate, comparative; connected, associated; only gaining significance through a relationship to something else
 
n. family member, kinsman

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Relative
Relative or Relatives may refer to:

General use
  • Kinship, the principle binding the most basic social units society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be relatives

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relative

Noun
1. a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
(synonym) relation
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(member-holonym) kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
(synonym) congener, congenator
(hypernym) organism, being

Adjective
1. not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
(antonym) absolute
(similar) comparative
2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
(synonym) proportional
(similar) proportionate


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relativ
adj. relative, connected, associated, only gaining significance through a relationship to something else

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relatif
adj. relative, comparative


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