Definition of Relative

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Relative

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.

One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.

A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.

A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".

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Relative Quotations

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
Aristotle

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
Plato

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
T. S. Eliot

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
P. J. O'Rourke

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
Albert Camus

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
Chanakya

It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.
Dave Barry

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
Benito Mussolini

Relative Translations

relative in Dutch is verwant, familielid
relative in Finnish is suhteellinen, sukulainen
relative in French is parent, relatif, parente
relative in German is relativ
relative in Italian is parente, relativo, conggiunto
relative in Portuguese is parente, relativo
relative in Spanish is familiar, pariente, deuodo, deudo, relativo

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