relativeとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear または carry”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
  • (米国発音, Canada) IPA^(key): (flapped) [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv], (enunciated) [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]^{[note 1]}
• 韻: -ɛlətɪv

形容詞

relative (not comparable)

1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.

2. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, または similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.

   The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.

3. (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.

   The words “big” and “small” are relative.

4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
5. Relevant; pertinent; related.

   relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...

6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

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名詞

relative (複数形 relatives)

2. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

   Why do my relatives always talk about sex?

3. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

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• See also Thesaurus:relative

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