relative

inflection of relativ:
definite singular


relative

For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport

what is evidently clear is the nature and quality of rational thought exhibited by both types of minds. It can be stated that Kafka’s autistic mind is not susceptible to delusional concepts which might be presented as religious dogma by society or experienced by the self. For the neurotypical mind these concepts and experiences of existential doubt are harder to shake off since it appears that the neurotypical configuration of the self is an internal cognitive mechanism without an adequate external reality check. In contrast this external reality check appears to be present in the high-functioning autistic mind. It is thought that the autistic mind is more intimately connected with objective reality via its external sensory focus on reality and its superior understanding of physical causality, relative to neurotypical persons (Baron-Cohen et al. 1999; Paganini and Gaido 2013) and is therefore less susceptible to supernatural experiences or explanations.

2018 November 12, Jerry Stuger, “Autism and Religious Beliefs: Clues from Kafka Research”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 49, →DOI, pages 1559–1569:

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.

(computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

The words “big” and “small” are relative.

(grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.

(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.

relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...

The Spirit that I haue ſeene
May be the Diuell, and the Diuel hath power
T'aſſume a pleaſing ſhape, yea and perhaps
Out of my Weakneſſe, and my Melancholly,
As he is very potent with ſuch Spirits,
Abuſes me to damne me. Ile haue grounds
More Relatiue then this: The play's the thing,
Wherein Ile catch the Conſcience of the King.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 264, column 2:

(archaic or rare) Relevant; pertinent; related.

Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

نِسْبِيّ

conditional; depending on something else

vonatkozó

grammar: depending on an antecedent; comparative

[ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv]

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).


relative

In 1924 it moved to a commonious campus at Stockton. Like other Californian colleges, however, it decided to remain a relative small institution.

1961, Earl Leon Werley Heck, The Rise of Higher Education in California, 1834–1910:

Mr. Schneebell. Instead of the relative small number of cases, you should phrase it probably differently.
Professor Brazer. I accept that correction.

1974, Select Committee on Small Business, United States Senate, Small Business Tax Reform, 1970–74, page 175:

In addition to the typical external disturbances faced by small open economies, such as shocks to terms of trade, to capital flows, or to the rest of the world’s demand, it is subject to a number of idiosyncratic shocks stemming from its relative big neighbors Brazil and—especially—Argentina.

2010, Sebastian Sosa, The Influence of “Big Brothers:” How Important are Regional Factors for Uruguay?, page 3:

[ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv]


relative

Why do my relatives always talk about sex?

Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

(figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.

(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

farefis

someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family

sukulainen

something kindred or related to something else

[ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv]


relative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


relative

(grammar) relative clause, adjectival clause, adjective clause

Ellipsis of proposition subordonnée relative.


relative

strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

inflection of relativ:
strong nominative/accusative plural

inflection of relativ:
weak nominative all-gender singular

weak accusative feminine/neuter singular


relative

[rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯eː]


relative

vocative masculine singular of relātīvus

[rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]


relative

definite natural masculine singular of relativ