1 being judged or measured in comparison with something else: --
2 If something is relative to something else, it changes according to the speed or level of the other thing: --
3 as judged or measured in comparison with something else: --
Relative to (= Considering) birthweight, the newborns were doing well.
We considered the relative merits of flying to Washington or taking the train.
All her relatives came to the wedding.
5 having a particular characteristic or value compared to other things of a similar type: --
a relative newcomer/unknown The firm is a relative newcomer to the world of futures trading.
relative cost/price International borrowers have seen the relative cost of their loans rise slightly in the past six months.
relative importance/strength/size
The Chancellor of the Exchequer talked about the UK's relative growth performance compared with "core" Europe.
How different are we at the level of the genome from our closest living relatives among the primates ?
Two main clades were produced consisting of the botanical varieties and the other clade consisted of wild relatives.
Resemblance between relatives for any trait can be attributable to environmental correlations.
In addition, polyploid forms of plants can adapt to more extreme conditions than their diploid relatives and are thus of great practical value.
Reversionary grants provided economic security during a woman's lifetime at minimal expense to her male relatives.
Likewise, the obligatory fronting of this constituent places even the zero pronoun in the normal position of the relatives.
Increased morbid risk for schizophrenia-related disorders in relatives of schizotypal personality disorder patients.
Interviews were conducted with addicted parents and, where consent was provided, also with their children, spouses, and other first-degree relatives.
