relative
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- noun
- /ˈrɛlətɪv/
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- Many citizens from the Netherlands have relatives in North African countries or Turkey whom they visit frequently.
- friends and relatives
- close relatives
- visit relatives
We carve out pieces for our dead relatives and then perhaps have rituals.
- We carve out pieces for our dead relatives and then perhaps have rituals.
- I remember as a kid a relative saying, oh, he's pathetic.
- Citizens who are supportive friends, relatives and families of LGBT persons.
- What are the relatives dying of and at what age?
- So the chance of a close relative of a suspect are very small.
- So they have relatives back in mainland China.
- They have this bizarre culture where they keep their dead relatives in their houses for years.
- You know, a lot of people cry, they see relatives who have been deceased.
- He's about getting time with his relatives while they're still around.
- Also, how to explain minimalism and simple living to other relatives as well.
- And when I'm with family, relatives, wife, kids, an endless torment.
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Most rural families subsist on money sent to them from relatives working in the United States.
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And did the company your close relative represented end up paying or not?
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We do allow people to visit relatives if we think it's end of life.
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I need to have a relative to compare the DNA to.
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Good day for catching up with all the relatives, close friends, and their friends.
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Parents and their children exchanged letters, and parents, siblings, and other relatives occasionally visited campus.
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Halle Berry is in town visiting relatives, and Star magazine wants a shot.
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He's about getting time with his relatives while they're still around.
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My grandmother is my oldest living relative, and she loves to share family stories.
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During the holidays, we always enjoy gathering with our relatives for a big family dinner.
Synonyms
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All the people who are related to you by birth, marriage, or adoption
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A person who is connected to you by blood or marriage
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Being related to someone by blood or marriage
Antonyms
Compounds
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The amount of water in the air compared to the maximum it can hold at that temperature
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How expensive one thing is compared with another, for example coffee and tea
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The number of times something happens compared with the total number of cases
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The largest number of votes for a person running for office that is less than half
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Movement of one object measured from another or from a person watching
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A part of a sentence that gives more information about a noun and starts with who, which, or that
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How heavy a substance is compared with the same volume of water or air
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How fast and in what direction something moves compared with another object
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The mass of an atom compared with one twelfth of a carbon-12 atom
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The mass of all the atoms in one molecule compared with one twelfth of a carbon-12 atom
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Etymology
The word relative comes from an old Latin word relatus, and it is the same root as English relation and relate, which carry the idea of being 'connected'. So a relative is someone who is 'connected' to you by family.