relative

Definition

  • noun: a member of your family
  • noun: a word referring grammatically to an antecedent
  • used of major and minor keys and scales
  • synonyms: referring, respecting, pertaining

Examples

  • What are the 'relative' advantages of the different methods? [=what are the advantages of each method compared to the others?]

  • The car might seem expensive, but 'it's all relative'. [=the car is expensive compared to some cars but not to other cars]

  • I'm a 'relative' newcomer to the area. [=I am not really new to the area but I am more of a newcomer than many people]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yes. - How good? Living together you? Wait a minute ... what - Are you her little bedmug? This is not 't kind of relative ... - I already have a couple bijtje seen in my life ... And what I have learned from this experience is that the queen all small bijtje concern in the basket. (..)
    2007 Bee Movie