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Definition of relative noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

relative

noun
 
/ˈrelətɪv/
 
/ˈrelətɪv/
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  1. a person who is in the same family as somebody else synonym relation
    • a close/distant relative
    • her friends and relatives
    • He was visiting relatives in Scotland.
    Extra Examples
    • He greeted me like a long-lost relative.
    • I have no parents or close relatives.
    • She's caring for an elderly relative.
    • The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.
    • The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.
    • The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.
    • The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.
    • an intimate reception for close friends and relatives
    • an organization that helps people who have lost relatives (= whose relatives have died)
    • people who care for a sick or disabled relative
    • the increase in dependent elderly relatives
    • I have close relatives.
    • If you die without a will, only blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.
    Topics Family and relationshipsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • close
    • near
    • distant
    verb + relative
    • have
    • lose
    • care for
    phrases
    • friends and relatives
    • friends or relatives
    • a relative by marriage
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  2. a thing that belongs to the same group as something else
    • The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
    • He believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French relatif, -ive, from late Latin relativus ‘having reference or relation’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.
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