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1. (noun) relative, relation
a person related by blood or marriage
"police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
2. (adj) relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
3. (adj) relative, comparative
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
"a relative stranger"
4. (adj) proportional, relative
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
"the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
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