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relative |
Grep of noun relative blood relative correlative relative relative-in-law relative atomic mass relative clause relative density relative frequency relative humidity relative incidence relative majority relative molecular mass relative pronoun relative quantity Overview of noun relative The noun relative has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey") 2. (2) relative, congener, congenator -- (an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)) Overview of adj relative The adj relative has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (26) relative -- (not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger") 2. (4) proportional, relative -- (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") Antonyms of adj relative 2 senses of relative Sense 1 relative (vs. absolute) absolute (vs. relative) => implicit, unquestioning => independent => infinite => pure, unmixed, undiluted => syntactically independent => very(postnominal) => dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => direct => living Sense 2 proportional, relative INDIRECT (VIA proportionate) -> disproportionate, disproportional Similarity of adj relative 2 senses of relative Sense 1 relative (vs. absolute) => comparative => qualifying => relational Sense 2 proportional, relative => proportionate (vs. disproportionate) Attributes of adj relative Familiarity of adj relative relative used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj relative correlative relative Overview of noun relative The noun relative has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (8) relative, relation -- (a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey") 2. (2) relative, congener, congenator -- (an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)) Overview of adj relative The adj relative has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (26) relative -- (not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger") 2. (4) proportional, relative -- (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")
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