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RELATIVE definition: 1. a member of your family: 2. being judged or measured in comparison with something else: 3…. Learn more.
1. : a word referring grammatically to an antecedent. 2. : a thing having a relation to or connection with or necessary dependence on another thing. 3. a. : a person connected with another by blood or affinity. b. : an animal or plant related to another by common descent. 4. : a relative term. relative. 2 of 2. adjective. 1.
A relative is a person who is part of your family. Parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews — they're all relatives. A relative can be connected to your family through blood or by marriage. If you are a child or grandchild of Maria's, for example, you are a blood relative of her family.
Relative definition: a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.. See examples of RELATIVE used in a sentence.
The children are being cared for by a relative. He has no living relatives. Have his relatives been informed? Most of her relatives live abroad. Sarah's had to go to the funeral of an elderly relative.
You use relative to say that something is true to a certain degree, especially when compared with other things of the same kind.
relative. adjective. OPAL W. /ˈrelətɪv/ Idioms. considered and judged by being compared with something else. You must consider the relative merits of the two plans. We need to assess the relative importance of each of these factors. We need to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of each system. Join us.
Definition of relative noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of relative adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. A person related to another by heredity, adoption, or marriage. b. A species or other taxon that shares a common ancestor, usually a relatively recent ancestor, with another: The jaguar is a relative of the lion. 2. Grammar A relative pronoun.
