relative
part of speech
noun (a relative, relatives); adjective (relative)
meaning for a pupil
1) A relative is a person in your family, like an aunt, uncle, cousin or grandparent. tree →
2) As an adjective, relative means compared with something else, like «relative size». tree →
3) In grammar, a relative pronoun (who, which, that) joins a clause to a noun. tree →
sense in the lessons
In family lessons relatives are part of your family tree; in maths and science relative size, speed or position is measured compared with something else. Phrases: «a close relative», «a distant relative», «relative to», «relative clause».
examples
- We visited our relatives at Christmas. tree →
- My aunt is my closest relative in Canada. tree →
- Lions and house cats are distant relatives. tree →
- The ant is tiny relative to the elephant. tree →
- «Who» is a relative pronoun. tree →
- Many relatives came to the wedding. tree →
- The test was relatively easy. tree →
- A Town Mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. tree →
note
Countable as a noun. Adverb: relatively (quite, compared with others). Same as «relation» for family members. Relative clauses start with who, which, that, where.
In the corpora
- Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.
- Some relatives get on, some do not, and a few stop speaking for years.
- Big family gatherings bring together relatives who rarely meet, and they can be fun and stressful at the same time.
- Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.
- It was reported that scammers use cloned voices to pretend to be trusted people such as relatives or schools.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «relative» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.