RELATIVE
[ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]
11
Scrabble
13
WWF
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Definition
[ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]
noun
- Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.“Why do my relatives always talk about sex?”
- A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
adjective
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- (of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.“The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.”
- (grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
- Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Relevant; pertinent; related.“relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...”
Source: Wiktionary
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