relative
/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ adjetivo B1En español: relativo
- Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. · We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation.
- Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
- Depending on an antecedent; comparative. · The words “big” and “small” are relative.
- Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
- Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
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“Who and what are you?” demanded Villefort, turning over a pile of papers, containing information relative to the prisoner, that a police agent had given to him on his entry, and that, already, in an hour’s time, had swelled to voluminous proportions, thanks to the corrupt espionage of which “the accused” is always made the victim.
The last squire dragged out his existence there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice.
But she said nothing, to him, relative to the affair, until they were both out in the yard behind the barn milking the cows.
It must always be in the same relative position to the ventilator and to the rope—or so we may call it, since it was clearly never meant for a bell-pull.”
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