relative
English
Adjective
(–)
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
* 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “ Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool ”, BBC Sport:
- For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- ”The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http&
- x3A;//example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.
(grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
Relevant; pertinent; related.
- relative to your earlier point about taxes, …
Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Synonyms
* comparative
* conditional
* limited
Antonyms
* absolute
* unlimited
Derived terms
* relative to
Noun
(en noun )
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
- Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
See also
* aunt
* brother
* cousin
* father
* godparent
* grandchild
* granddaughter
* grandson
* great-grandchild
* great-grandparent
* in-law
* mother
* niece
* nephew
* parent
* refer
* referral
* sister
* stepdaughter
* stepson
* uncle
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comparative
English
Adjective
(en adjective )
Of or relating to comparison.
* Granvill
- The comparative faculty.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
- comparative anatomy
Approximated by comparison; relative.
* Whewell
- The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
* Bentley
- The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.137:
- And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad’s Narrative .
Derived terms
* comparatively
*
* comparativeness
* comparativism
* comparativist
* comparativistic
Noun
(wikipedia comparative )
(en noun )
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more” or appending ”-er”. For example, the comparative of ”green” is ”greener”; of ”evil”, ”more evil .
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- Gerard ever was / His full comparative .
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
* .67:
- Every beardless vain comparative .
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