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relative relative definition

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") 



relative definition