Tra từ relative - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rela·tive [relative relatives] adjective, noun BrE [ˈrelətɪv] NAmE [ˈrelətɪv]
adjective
1. considered and judged by being compared with sth else
•the relative merits of the two plans
2. ~ (to sth) considered according to its position or connection with sth else
•the position of the sun relative to the earth
3. only before noun that exists or that has a particular quality only when compared with sth else
Syn: ↑comparative
• They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before).
• Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.
•It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us.
compare ↑absolute
4. ~ to sth (formal)having a connection with sth; referring to sth
•the facts relative to the case
5. (grammar)referring to an earlier noun, sentence or part of a sentence
•In ‘the man who came’, ‘who’ is a relative pronoun and ‘who came’ is a relative clause.

Word Origin:
late 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’.

Thesaurus:
relative adj.
•You must consider the relative merits of the two plans.
comparative • • respective • • corresponding • • comparable • • proportional • |formal proportionate • • analogous •
relative/comparative/corresponding/comparable/proportional/proportionate/analogous to sth
a relative/corresponding/comparable/proportional/proportionate increase
relative/comparative/comparable size

Example Bank:
•It's all relative though, isn't it? We never had any money when I was a kid and $500 was a fortune to us.
•They now live in relative comfort.
•You must consider the relative merits of the two plans.

noun
1. a person who is in the same family as sb else
Syn: ↑relation
•a close/distant relative
•her friends and relatives
2. a thing that belongs to the same group as sth else
• The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.

Word Origin:
late 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’.

Thesaurus:
relative noun C
•She cares for an elderly relative.
relation • • family • • connections • |formal kin •
(a) close/near/distant/female/male relative/relation/kin
have/stay with/visit relatives/relations/family
friends and relatives/relations/family
Relative or relation? Relative is often used when the exact relationship is not known or does not matter; relation is often used when stating or asking the degree of relationship between people
•On his death the house will pass to the nearest surviving relative.
• What relation is Rita to you?

Example Bank:
•He believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.
•He greeted me like a long-lost relative.
•I have no parents or close relatives.
•If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.
•She's caring for an elderly relative.
•The deceased's immediate relatives will inherit her estate.
•The deceased's immediate relatives, her mother and father, 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
•an organization that helps people who have lost their relatives
•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.