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'relative' in a sentence

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relative adjective

: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

relative noun

: a person related by blood or marriage

: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)


  • Do you have relatives here?
  • What are our closest animal relatives?
  • I keep in touch with my friends and relatives through Facebook.
  • She's a distant relative of his.
  • I have a lot of relatives.
  • One good friend is better than ten relatives.
  • According to Einstein, everything is relative.
  • His relatives were convinced of his innocence.
  • He does not have any relatives at all.
  • The family property was distributed among the relatives.
  • All her relatives are in Syria.
  • We are not her relatives.
  • Today, there is a climate of relative peace in the south-east.
  • They say goodbye to their relatives and get on the bus.
  • Supply is relative to demand.
  • Was anybody among your relatives ill with cancer?
  • He embraced his relatives before he left.
  • He disagrees with his relatives.
  • A subject is missing in the relative clause.
  • He is staying with his relatives.
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