relative
adjective/ˈrelətɪv/
Слово англійською: relative
Переклад relative українською: реляти́вний, підря́дний (ре́чення)
Детальний опис
- considered and judged by being compared with something else
- You must consider the relative merits of the two plans.
- We need to assess the relative importance of each of these factors.
- We need to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of each system.
- (grammar) referring to an earlier noun, sentence or part of a sentence
- In ‘the man who came’, ‘who’ is a relative pronoun and ‘who came’ is a relative clause.
- [only before noun] that exists or that has a particular quality only when compared with something else synonym comparative
- They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before).
- We won the game with relative ease.
- Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.
- It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French relatif, -ive, from late Latin relativus ‘having reference or relation’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.
Idioms
relative to somebody/something
- in comparison with somebody/something else; in relation to somebody/something
- the position of the sun relative to the earth
- The movements of the continents relative to each other can be measured.
- The company employs too many people relative to the size of its business.
- having a connection with somebody/something; concerning somebody/something
- He may have information relative to the case.