The meaning of RELATIVE is a person connected with another by blood or marriage. How to use relative in a sentence.

A relative key or scale (= set of notes based on a particular note) has the same key signature (= set of sharps and flats) as another key or scale, usually because one is major and the other is …

Define relative. relative synonyms, relative pronunciation, relative translation, English dictionary definition of relative. adj. 1. Considered in comparison or relation to something else: an animal …

If you say that something is relative, you mean that it needs to be considered and judged in relation to other things. Fitness is relative; one must always ask 'Fit for what?' Truth is relative.

There are 25 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word relative, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

adj. considered or measured in relation to something else; comparative:[before a noun] the relative merits of gas and electric heating. existing or having meaning only by relation to …

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