relative
US: /ˈɹɛɫətɪv/
UK: /ɹˈɛlətˌɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
relative /'relətiv/- tính từ
- có kiên quan
- relative evidence: bằng chứng liên quan
- to give facts relative to the matter: đưa ra những sự việc liên quan đến vấn đề
- cân xứng với, cân đối vơi, tuỳ theo
- supply is relative to demand: số cung cân xứng với số cầu
- beauty is relative to the beholder's eyes: vẻ đẹp là tuỳ theo ở mắt của người nhìn
- (ngôn ngữ học) quan hệ
- relative pronoun: đại từ quan hệ
- tương đối
- có kiên quan
- danh từ
- bà con thân thuộc, người có họ
- a remote relative: người bà con xa, người có họ xa
- (ngôn ngữ học) đại từ quan hệ ((cũng) relative pronoun)
- bà con thân thuộc, người có họ
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective (formal)
1 considered and judged by being compared with sth else: the relative merits of the two plans
2 ~ (to sth) considered according to its position or connection with sth else: the position of the sun relative to the earth
3 [only before noun] that exists or that has a particular quality only when compared with sth else: They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before). + Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success. + (spoken) 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.
Compare: ABSOLUTE
4 ~ to sth (formal) having a connection with sth; referring to sth: the facts relative to the case
5 (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.
+ noun
1 a person who is in the same family as sb else
Synonym: RELATION
a close / distant relative + her friends and relatives
2 a thing that belongs to the same group as sth else: The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
Collocation
ADJ.
close, near
The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.
| distant | blood, family
If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.
| immediate
The deceased's immediate relatives, her mother and father, will inherit her estate.
| living, surviving | elderly, old | young | female, male | poor
(often figurative) He believes that interior design is the poor relative of (= inferior to)architecture.
| dependent | disabled, ill, sick | distressed, grieving
VERB + RELATIVE
have
I have no parents or close relatives.
| lose
an organization that helps people who have lost their relatives (= whose relatives have died)
| care for, give support to, help, look after, support
She's looking after an elderly relative.
| live with | stay with, visit | trace
The police are trying to trace the relatives of the deceased.
| inform
The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.
PHRASES
friends and/or relatives
an intimate reception for close friends and relatives
| a relative by marriage
Concise dictionary
relatives'relətɪvnoun
+a person related by blood or marriage
+an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
adj.
+not absolute or complete
+properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
