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English

Etymology

From Latin relativus, adjective form with suffix -ivus, from relatus, perfect passive participle of referre, literally carry again, from prefix re-, again + ferre, bear or carry, from PIE ??

Pronunciation

Preposition

relative

  1. Relating to, being relevant towards.

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

Positive relative

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. not absolute; connected to or depending on something else

Antonyms

Noun

Singular relative

Plural relatives

relative (plural relatives)

  1. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Synonyms

Translations

someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption
  • Arabic: قريب (qaríb) m.
  • Armenian: ազգական (azgakan)
  • Bosnian: rod bs(bs) m.
  • Chinese: 亲戚 (qīnqi)
  • Croatian: rod hr(hr) m.
  • Czech: příbuzný cs(cs) m.
  • Danish: pårørende, beslægtet, frænde
  • Dutch: familielid, bloedverwant
  • Finnish: sukulainen fi(fi)
  • French: parent fr(fr) m.
  • German: Verwandte de(de) m. and f.
  • Hungarian: rokon hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: ættingi is(is)
  • Ido: parento io(io)
  • Italian: parente it(it) m., congiunto it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 親戚 (しんせき, shinseki), 身内 (みうち, miuchi), 関係詞 (かんけいし, kankeishi)
  • Korean: 친척 (chincheok)

Related terms

See also

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative f.

  1. Feminine form of relatif.

Italian

Adjective

relative pl.

  1. Feminine form of relativo.

 

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In Saudi Arabia, women aren't allowed to travel without the say-so of a male relative . Will they put up with it for much longer? When living in Saudi Arabia ...



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Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GM

On a mac, the ':after' styling works fine in safari and opera; however, firefox will not honour 'position:. relative. ; top:0.4em'; nor 'margin-top:0.4​em' (nor padding) and the ':after' text is 0.4em above where it ought to be. ...

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What is the relative frequency of throwing a blue?
Q. Luke has a dice with 3 blue faces, 2 red faces and 1 yellow face. He rolls the dice 300 times. The reults are: BLUE-153 Red- 99 yellow-47 What is the relative frequency of throwing a blue?
Asked by Boy101 - Tue Nov 11 12:01:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Relative frequency is the frequency (amount of times an event took place) divided by the number of attempts where the event COULD have occured. Think of it like probability: number of ways a thing can happen (divided by) total number of outcomes In this case, the relative frequency of blue is 153 divided by 300 = 51% By the way, your data only adds up to 299 - not 300 - you might want to make sure.
Answered by Billy Moffat - Fri Nov 14 05:08:39 2008

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