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How to pronounce “relative”
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Pronunciation guide for relative
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of relative with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Civil Wars & A History in Ideas
was vastly larger relative to the size of the population
- Definition summary
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
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How to pronounce relative
Civil Wars & A History in Ideas

was vastly larger relative to the size of the population
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “relative”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
- (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- (archaic or rare) Relevant; pertinent; related.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
- [Adverb]
- (US) Alternative form of relatively.
- [Noun]
- Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
- (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
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