English English Dictionary

relative in English:

1. a member of your family

2. comparative

The swimmers are expected to win with comparative ease.

"Better" is a comparative form of adjective "good".

Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.

Comparative studies are now making rapid progress.

English word "relative"(comparative) occurs in sets:

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3. having a particular quality when compared with something else

4. relative

One of the greatest hurdles facing middle school students learning English is relative pronouns.

He's staing with relatives.

Week 13: Learn about absolute, and relative, motion.

The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case.

Soldiers were regularly relieved and found relative safety in the dug-outs.

The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.

Relative to overall sales, that of software is insignificant.

However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where).

I have a new relative: my sister got married, so now I have a brother-in-law.

The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.

Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz. "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"

He accepted the truth with relative ease. (On zaakceptował prawdę ze względnym spokojem.) Danny is a distant relative of my father. (Danny jest dalekim krewnym mojego ojca.)

Doesn't he have a relative in town or something?

Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'.

5. to

Go to sleep.

I hope to one day speak German as well as you speak English.

Why aren't you going? "Because I don't want to."

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

Look at me when I talk to you!

Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.

Nobody ever comes to see us in this out-of-the-way village.

If I can get into university, I am hoping to learn to speak two foreign languages.

Fewer workers meant fewer people with money to buy goods.

Franklin Roosevelt was born to a rich and important New York family.

Two roundtrip tickets to Osaka, please.

The president was quoted as saying he would like to visit Japan soon.

You are welcome to the use of our house while we are away on vacation.

It began to rain heavily just as we got to the gate.

According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in next week.

6. next of kin

In the unfortunate event of an accident, please complete your next of kin details below

The police suspect the identity of the kidnapped man, but they haven't yet informed his next of kin

When I arrived in New York, my next of kin greeted me warmly and showed me round Greenpoint.

Doctor wanted to know if I was next of kin.

I'm her next of kin.

7. relativity

Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is the most famous formula in the world.

We associate Einstein with the theory of relativity.

The theory of relativity originated with Einstein.

Few scientists understand the theory of relativity.

Einstein is the author of the theory of relativity.

Who developed the theory of relativity?

relativity theory

Einstein's theory of relativity is Greek to me.

The theories of relativity can seem recondite even for people who are well versed in the sciences.

8. family member

Only family members are allowed to visit him.

English word "relative"(family member) occurs in sets:

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9. compared

Tom compared his answers with Mary's.

Tom compared a picture taken of Mary three years ago with one that had been taken recently.

Compared to a computer, a word processor has a single purpose.

We measured the electricity used during air cooling in the same way as heating, and compared the old model air conditioner to the energy conservation (2001) model.

Forget about the past. Compared to yesterday, I like today more. That's why I try to enjoy the moment, that's all.

Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.

If a natural language can be compared to a tree, which has developed during the course of time, Esperanto can be compared to a plastic tree, which was created artificially.

Korean mental hospitals have been compared to concentration camps. Patients are said to be treated like animals who are subjected to violence and maltreatment rather than therapy.

Compared to many other countries, the average intake of trans-fats per person in Japan is low and it is hypothesized that it does not have a strong impact on health.

Our engineers compared this information with similar products being sold in Japan and concluded that they might compete very well.

It seemed that that house was small if it was compared with the cottage which he lived in even recently.

Compared to fifty years ago, today's aviation technology has made great progress.

As compared with last summer, we haven't had so much rain this year.

However, compared to that in cities, rural use of online news, search engines, online shopping, online banking, online stocks and so on is much lower.

10. relates

The problem closely relates to our everyday life.

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

other words beginning with "R"

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