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Meaning of relative

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  relative
      adj 1: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a
             relative stranger" [syn: {relative}, {comparative}] [ant:
             {absolute}]
      2: 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" [syn: {proportional}, {relative}]
      n 1: a person related by blood or marriage; "police are
           searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant
           relations back in New Jersey" [syn: {relative}, {relation}]
      2: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
         related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
         [syn: {relative}, {congener}, {congenator}, {congeneric}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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