English to afrikaans meaning of

relative

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "relatief" kan verskil na gelang van die gebruik daarvan, maar oor die algemeen verwys dit na iets wat in vergelyking of verwantskap met iets anders beskou word. Hier is 'n paar moontlike definisies van die woord "relatief":Byvoeglike naamwoord: het 'n verband of verband met iets anders; vergelykend of proporsioneel Voorbeeld: "Die sukses van die projek is relatief tot die hoeveelheid moeite wat daaraan gedoen word."Selfstandige naamwoord: 'n persoon wat deur bloed of huwelik verbind is; 'n familielid Voorbeeld: "My ouma is my naaste familielid."Selfstandige naamwoord: iets wat in vergelyking met iets anders beskou word Voorbeeld: "Die sukses van die maatskappy was relatief tot die prestasie van die ekonomie."Bywoord: tot 'n mate; in vergelyking met iets anders Voorbeeld: "Die fliek was relatief kort in vergelyking met die boek."

Synonyms

  1. congenator
  2. congener
  3. congeneric

Sentence Examples

  1. He made himself known as a London detective, told his business at Bombay, and the position of affairs relative to the supposed robber, and nervously asked if a warrant had arrived from London.
  2. For the British Empire, what had been unthinkable fifty years earlier was now the slow death march into relative obscurity.
  3. Cleva and I were enjoying the relative quiet and a glass of Champagne.
  4. When Duane broke for lunch, I enjoyed the relative quiet and pulled together a meal for myself.
  5. Beauvais prevailed upon a friend and relative to take charge of him, and prevent his attending the examination at the disinterment.
  6. As it rose above the tree line, the intensity of its light threw the woodland into relative shadow, making it almost impossible for any guard who might be scanning eastward for signs of life to see more than a few yards into the forest.
  7. Fogg had sixteen hours in which to attend to his business there, which was to deposit Aouda safely with her wealthy relative.
  8. In Haría, the ancient capital, I sense a different sort of wealth, that of a relative abundance of water and tillable land.
  9. Maybe a mystery relative will appear, bereft and distraught.
  10. Aouda was a relative of this great man, and it was his cousin, Jeejeeh, whom she hoped to join at Hong Kong.
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