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relative noun a person who is related to someone else by birth or marriage. adj 1 compared with something else; comparative • the relative speeds of a car and train. 2 existing only in relation to something else • 'hot' and 'cold' are relative terms. 3 (chiefly relative to something) in proportion to it; proportional • salary relative to experience. 4 relevant • information relative to the problem. 5 grammar a said of a pronoun or adjective: referring to someone or something that has already been named and attaching a subordinate clause to it, eg who in the children who are playing, although some clauses of this kind can have the relative word omitted, eg playing in the park is a relative clause in the children playing in the park; b said of a clause or phrase: attached to a preceding word, phrase, etc by a relative word such as which and who or whose in the man whose cat was lost. See also antecedent. Compare absolute (adj 6a). 6 music said of major and minor keys: having the same key signature. relatively adverb. relativeness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin relativus referring.

relative noun a person who is related to someone else by birth or marriage. adj 1 compared with something else; comparative • the relative speeds of a car and train. 2 existing only in relation to something else • 'hot' and 'cold' are relative terms. 3 (chiefly relative to something) in proportion to it; proportional • salary relative to experience. 4 relevant • information relative to the problem. 5 grammar a said of a pronoun or adjective: referring to someone or something that has already been named and attaching a subordinate clause to it, eg who in the children who are playing, although some clauses of this kind can have the relative word omitted, eg playing in the park is a relative clause in the children playing in the park; b said of a clause or phrase: attached to a preceding word, phrase, etc by a relative word such as which and who or whose in the man whose cat was lost. See also antecedent. Compare absolute (adj 6a). 6 music said of major and minor keys: having the same key signature. relatively adverb. relativeness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin relativus referring.

relative noun a person who is related to someone else by birth or marriage. adj 1 compared with something else; comparative • the relative speeds of a car and train. 2 existing only in relation to something else • 'hot' and 'cold' are relative terms. 3 (chiefly relative to something) in proportion to it; proportional • salary relative to experience. 4 relevant • information relative to the problem. 5 grammar a said of a pronoun or adjective: referring to someone or something that has already been named and attaching a subordinate clause to it, eg who in the children who are playing, although some clauses of this kind can have the relative word omitted, eg playing in the park is a relative clause in the children playing in the park; b said of a clause or phrase: attached to a preceding word, phrase, etc by a relative word such as which and who or whose in the man whose cat was lost. See also antecedent. Compare absolute (adj 6a). 6 music said of major and minor keys: having the same key signature. relatively adverb. relativeness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin relativus referring.