relative

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Synonyms: elative, delative, restive, relation, creative, illative, relate, reactive, negative, ablative, palative

Antonyms: elative, delative, restive, relation, creative, illative, relate, reactive, negative, ablative, palative

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Adjective

1. Connected to or depending on something else; [[comparative]].
2. {{lb|en|computing|of a URL, URI, path, or similar}} Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
3. {{lb|en|grammar}} Depending on an [[antecedent]]; [[comparative]].
4. {{lb|en|music}} Having the same [[key]] but differing in being [[major]] or [[minor]].
5. {{lb|en|archaic|or|rare}} [[relevant|Relevant]]; [[pertinent]]; [[related]].
6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; [[conditional]].

Adverb

1. {{lb|en|US}} {{alt form|en|relatively}}.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|family}} Someone [[connected#Adjective|connected]] by [[blood#Noun|blood]], [[marriage]], or [[adoption]]; someone in the [[same#Adjective|same]] [[family#Noun|family]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} Something [[kindred#Adjective|kindred]] or [[related#Adjective|related]] to something else.
3. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A [[type#Noun|type]] of [[adjective#Noun|adjective]] that [[inflect]]s like a [[relative clause]], rather than a [[true#Adjective|true]] adjective, in certain [[Bantu]] [[language]]s.

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