The meaning of Relatives

Relatives – definition

noun
A person connected by blood or marriage.
Usage examples:
Much of my time is spent visiting relatives
Synonims:
Relation Member of someone's/the family One's (own) flesh and blood Next of kin Kinsman Kinswoman Family Kin Kith and kin Kindred Folks Kinsfolk People
noun
A relative pronoun, determiner, or adverb.
Usage examples:
In the following pair, the first uses it as an interrogative content clause and the second uses it …
noun
A term or concept which is dependent on something else.
Usage examples:
This ‘causal maxim’ is a close relative of the uniformity principle, if we think, as hume and kant …

adjective
Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.
Usage examples:
The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known

adjective
Denoting a pronoun, determiner, or adverb that refers to an expressed or implied antecedent and attaches a subordinate clause to it, e.g. which, who.
Usage examples:
The other personal relative pronoun, who, doesn't seem to be affected nearly as much.

adjective
(of major and minor keys) having the same key signature.
Usage examples:
This piece will give the teacher a chance to review parallel and relative major/minor keys along wi…

adjective
(of a service rank) corresponding in grade to another in a different service.
Usage examples:
The war prompted the navy to assign relative rank to nurses on 1 july 1942.

adjective
As judged or measured in comparison with something else
Usage examples:
We considered the relative merits of flying to washington or taking the train., relative to (= cons…

adjective
Having a particular characteristic or value compared to other things of a similar type
Usage examples:
The chancellor of the exchequer talked about the uk's relative growth performance compared with "co…

Relatives translation into English

Relatives: translate from English into Chinese

亲戚们, 亲属

Relatives: translate from English into Dutch

Familieleden

Relatives: translate from English into French

Les proches, Famille, Relatifs

Relatives: translate from English into German

Verwandtschaft

Relatives: translate from English into Hindi

रिश्तेदारों, आत्मीय

Relatives: translate from English into Italian

Parenti

Relatives: translate from English into Korean

친척

Relatives: translate from English into Russian

Родные, Родственники, Родня

Relatives: translate from English into Spanish

Parientes

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French relatif, -ive, from late Latin relativus ‘having reference or relation’ (see relate).

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Relatives – similar words

rel

suffix
Forming nouns with diminutive or derogatory force such as cockerel, scoundrel.

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Relatives synonims

family

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…

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folks

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

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kin

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.

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kindred

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.

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kinsfolk

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…

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kinsman

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

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kinswoman

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

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kith and kin

noun
People you are connected with, especially by family relationships

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people

ˈpiː.pəl

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

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relation

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 …

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