Betekenis van relative In het Nederlands

• 0 a member of your family:

  • I don't have many blood relatives (= people related to me by birth rather than by marriage).

  • All her close/distant relatives came to the wedding.

• 1 being judged or measured in comparison with something else:

  • We weighed up the relative advantages of driving there or going by train.

  • Since I got a job, I've been living in relative comfort (= more comfort than before).

• 2 If something is relative to something else, it changes according to the speed or level of the other thing:

  • The amount of petrol a car uses is relative to its speed.

  • Are these documents relative to the discussion?

• 3 as judged or measured in comparison with something else:

  • We considered the relative merits of flying to Washington or taking the train.

  • Relative to (= Considering) birthweight, the newborns were doing well.

• 4 a member of your family:

  • All her relatives came to the wedding.

• 5 having a particular characteristic or value compared to other things of a similar type:

  • The Chancellor of the Exchequer talked about the UK's relative growth performance compared with "core" Europe.

  • relative importance/strength/size

  • relative cost/price International borrowers have seen the relative cost of their loans rise slightly in the past six months.

  • a relative newcomer/unknown The firm is a relative newcomer to the world of futures trading.

• 6 compared to something else:

  • Official figures probably understate Europe's growth relative to America.

  • Pay in many white-collar jobs has been stagnating relative to inflation.

  • relative to earnings/income/sales Motoring costs are forecast to increase even further over the next ten years relative to income.

  • relative to sb's competitors/peers Steps taken now to address climate change can improve a company's competitive position relative to its peers.