noun
a person related by blood or marriage
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- police are searching for relatives of the deceased
- he has distant relations back in New Jersey
noun
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
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adjective
estimated by comparison
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- not absolute or complete
- a relative stranger
adjective
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics
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Examples
- usually followed by `to'
- the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
- earnings relative to production