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

  • (..) Well, I can't, I'm kind of in the middle of saving Richard right now. Be right with you. I took Phoebe's advice, I got his family here. - Aren't most of his relatives dead? - They are. You're holding a magical intervention with ghosts? and I realized that one of Richard's problems (..)
    2004 TvShow: Charmed Title: I Dream of Phoebe Season: 6 Episode 15