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:
We considered the relative merits of flying to Washington or taking the train.
Relative to (= Considering) birthweight, the newborns were doing well.
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.
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.
There weren't many people at the funeral - just close family relatives.
I live in Cambridge, but my relatives live up north in Manchester.
It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.
Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.
The relative cheapness of foreign travel means that more people are going abroad than ever before.
We've lived here for 15 years, but we're relative newcomers to the village.
Now that the civil war is over, relative normality has returned to the south of the country.
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