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relative Definition
(a)
not
absolute
or
complete
; "
a
relative
stranger
"
(n)
a
person
related
by
blood
or
marriage
; "
police
are
searching
for
relatives
of
the
deceased
"; "
he
has
distant
relations
back
in
New
Jersey
"
(n)
an
animal
or
plant
that
bears
a
relationship
to
another
(
as
related
by
common
descent
or
by
membership
in
the
same
genus
)
(s)
properly
related
in
size
or
degree
or
other
measurable
characteristics
;
usually
followed
by
`
to
''; "
punishment
oughtt
to
be
proportional
to
the
crime
"; "
earnings
relative
to
production
"
relative Synonyms
congenator
congener
proportional
relation
relative
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