'relative' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'relative' with 20 example sentences.
- relative adjective
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: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
- relative noun
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: 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.