relative
relative Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Considered in relation or proportion to something else; comparative rather than absolute.
"After years of noisy city living, she enjoyed the relative quiet of the countryside."
Having a connection with or relevance to a particular subject or matter; corresponding to each other.
"The committee reviewed all the facts relative to the environmental impact of the project."
Denoting a pronoun, determiner, or clause that refers back to an earlier noun, pronoun, or phrase and links a subordinate clause to a main clause.
"In English grammar, words such as 'who', 'which', and 'that' frequently introduce relative clauses."
• noun
A person connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; a member of one's extended family.
"Many distant relatives traveled across the country to attend the family reunion."
A species, language, or thing connected to another by common origin or shared evolutionary characteristics.
"The domestic dog is a direct evolutionary relative of the gray wolf."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'relatif', from Late Latin 'relativus' ('having reference or relation'), derived from the Latin past participle stem 'relat-' ('carried back').