Examples of 'relative' in a sentence
Meaning of "relative"
Relative (adjective): Considered in relation or in proportion to something else
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- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
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Women were relative newcomers to the work force.
Here they will mate in relative safety.
Relative productivity in manufacturing output per hour.
His only living relative is his sister.
The relative humidity shall not be specified.
Monitor administrative costs relative to grant expenditures.
Relative timing of consumption and biomass accumulation.
I actually had a relative come through here.
The relative costs of different types of services.
Degrees of freedom relative to one linear axis.
Relative poverty rates by age and sex.
Simple would be a relative term in this case.
Relative importance of external and internal barriers.
To attend the burial of a relative or to receive mourners.
Ask a relative or friend for help tell us.
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Strengthening of the euro relative to other currencies.
A relative density stated in the certificate of approval.
Add a definition for relative density as follows.
Relative to the level of intelligence you are referring to.
Ghana enjoys relative peace and stability.
Relative importance of pressures in transboundary river basins.
It is also a symptom of relative and absolute poverty.
This relative growth against baseline is encouraging.
Describe risk management relative to forest resources.
So this relative was concerned for her daughter.
The user is responsible relative to third persons.
Relative share of country programme resources by groups.
Net and gross relative pension levels.
Relative air density under test condition.
I am comfortable discussing the relative harms or benefits of.
I have a relative with some addiction problems.
Small children may also be accompanied by a relative.
Percent for a relative humidity measuring device.
No kid wants to be responsible for a relative being executed.
I found one relative weakness in her knowledge.
Align it in a horizontal position relative to your cabinets.
Setting of the relative atmospheric pressure recommended.
His father was his last living relative.
Real gas relative density specific gravity.
Maybe we could find a relative who could.
Identifying relative levels of confidence in reported values.
But the numbers are small relative to potential.
Standard relative ambient air volumetric mass.
Only their comparative or relative advantages count.
Relative importance of the various remuneration components.
Half of all missing children are taken by a relative.
Any relative or absolute effects are therefore approximate.
Find yourself a safe house or a relative close by.
The relative importance of the sensitive industries.
I have been going to visit a relative for fourteen years.
