The meaning of Relative

adjective

Able to be likened to another; similar.

Usage examples:

The situation in holland is comparable to that in england

adjective

Similar in size, amount, or quality to something else

Usage examples:

The girls are of comparable ages., our prices are comparable to/with those in other shops., the two…

adjective

Measured or judged by estimating the similarity or dissimilarity between one thing and another; relative.

Usage examples:

He returned to the comparative comfort of his own home

noun

(of an adjective or adverb) expressing a higher degree of a quality, but not the highest possible (e.g. braver ; more fiercely ).

noun

The form of an adjective or adverb that shows the thing or action described has more of the quality than some others of the same type

Usage examples:

“faster” is the comparative of “fast.”, “better” is the comparative of “good.”, the research examin…

adjective

Having a mutual relationship; corresponding.

Usage examples:

Rights, whether moral or legal, can involve correlative duties

noun

A word or concept that has a mutual relationship with another word or concept.

Usage examples:

The child's right to education is a correlative of the parent's duty to send the child to school

adjective

Used to describe two or more things that are related to each other

Usage examples:

Each party to the contract has correlative rights and duties.

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

People in general.

Usage examples:

Some folk will do anything for money

adjective

Relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation.

Usage examples:

A revival of interest in folk customs

adjective

Relating to folk music.

Usage examples:

A folk club

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Many elderly people have no kin to turn to for assistance

adjective

(of a person) related.

Usage examples:

He was kin to the brothers

suffix

Forming diminutive nouns such as bumpkin, catkin.

noun

One's family and relations.

Usage examples:

Yet in all these instances family custom ensured some distribution of property to members of a prop…

adjective

Similar in kind; related.

Usage examples:

Books on kindred subjects

adjective

Being related, esp. by having the same opinions, feelings, and interests

Usage examples:

We recognized each other as kindred spirits as soon as we met.

plural noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a person's blood relations, regarded collectively.

Usage examples:

Mobilising her natal familija, most of her son's agnatic kinfolk, and many other unrelated families…

noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a man who is one of a person's blood relations.

Usage examples:

They pointed to their linguistic affinities "in convincing colonists to allow their 'kinsmen' to 'r…

noun

A man who belongs to the same family as someone else

noun

(in anthropological or formal use) a woman who is one of a person's blood relations.

Usage examples:

In her will she left her possessions to friends and kinswomen

noun

A woman who belongs to the same family as someone else

noun

People you are connected with, especially by family relationships

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

noun

Human beings in general or considered collectively.

Usage examples:

The earthquake killed 30,000 people

verb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place).

Usage examples:

An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

noun

A human being regarded as an individual.

Usage examples:

The porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance

adjective

Given, felt, or done in return.

Usage examples:

She was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture

noun

An expression or function so related to another that their product is unity; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

Usage examples:

The compressibility is the reciprocal of the bulk modulus

adjective

Operating for both, esp. equally or to a similar degree

Usage examples:

They share a truly reciprocal relationship.

noun

The way in which two or more people or things are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another.

Usage examples:

Questions about the relation between writing and reality

noun

Connection or similarity

Usage examples:

[ u ] there was little relation between the book and the movie., [ pl ] diplomatic relations, [ pl …

adjective

Belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things.

Usage examples:

They chatted about their respective childhoods

adjective

Relating or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have just mentioned

Usage examples:

Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.…