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Relative Pronunciation

Pronounce Relative as R EH L AH T IY V EH.

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    Relative phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'relative'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of relative: /rɛlætɪvɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of relative: /rɛlætɪvɛ/

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    List of meaning for relative

    a family member connected

    relative, relation(noun)

    a person related by blood or marriage

    "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

    relative, congener, congenator, congeneric(adj)

    an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

    relative, comparative(adj)

    estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

    "a relative stranger"

    proportional, relative(adj)

    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"

    being such only when compared to something else

    after being crammed into a one-bedroom apartment, they lived in relative comfort in a two-bedroom house

    having to do with the matter at hand

    I don't need the whole story, just the details that are relative to the case

    a person connected with another by blood or marriage

    it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering

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    Translation found for relative

    relative in sentence

    1. Considering that I watched him guzzle down eight beers, I can say with relative certainty that Brian is sozzled right now.

    2. A lack of comprehension during the conversation stopped the Spanish speaking relative from understanding her English speaking nephew.

    3. Because the Earth’s sidereal day represents the time taken by the earth to rotate on its axis relative to the stars, it is four minutes shorter than the solar day.

    4. The deceased relative did not leave a will, so the heirs fought over the inheritance in court.

    5. If Karen’s relative lives nearby, he can give her a ride every day to work instead of Tim who lives across town.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term relative

    The jobs report was so strong relative to expectations across virtually every metric that it gave confidence to people who wanted to take on additional risk.

    – Michael Temple

    The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

    – William Ralph Inge

    At the beginning of this year, Fox was the only buy-rated stock I had because it was so depressed relative to everything else in the sector.

    – Brian Wieser

    With Tiger's career, with him taking a break, being injured and now being back, there's always something to talk about with him so people are a bit curious, which is understandable, some of the biggest frustrations I've had in my career is always being known as someone's relative versus Earl Woods. Now I do feel I have my own identity, whether it's the headline or not.

    – Tiger Woods

    I would not be overweight in small caps right now because the risks are too high relative to large caps, that's eventually going to change and they could have a spectacular run, but this year at least the index overall is not attractive from a risk standpoint.

    – James Micro

    It's kind of tough to punch holes into the healthcare bull story, what worries me is the long stretch of outperformance relative to the rest of the market.

    – Sven Borho

    Last year the Aussie market was only up 7 percent relative to the US at 25 percent. We didn't get the sugar hit from the corporate tax plan, so there's a bit of catch-up in play as well.

    – Ryan Felsman

    Distillate storage utilization in the U.S. and Europe is nearing historically high levels, following near record refinery utilization, only modest demand growth (especially relative to gasoline), and increased imports from the East on refinery expansion and Chinese exports, this raises the spectre of 1998 (and) 2009 when distillate storage hit capacity, pushing runs and crude oil prices sharply lower.

    – Goldman Sachs

    Her opposition to the MMR vaccine stems from sincerely held religious beliefs. … Furthermore, petitioner produced information relative to specific ingredients … which appears to provide the linkage between vaccines and aborted fetal tissue.

    – Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia

    It’s investing much more in its military relative to its economic growth; it’s forcing its neighbors into alliances against itself; positions its neighbors otherwise wouldn't take and the return on investment on this policy is negative.

    – Klaus Botzet

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