relatives
亲属,亲戚,亲戚们,亲属们
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- : something having, or standing in, some relation or connection to something else.
- : something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc..
- : Grammar. a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb.
- 1
- : considered in relation to something else; comparative: the relative merits of democracy and monarchy.
- : existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent: Happiness is relative.
- : having relation or connection.
- : having reference or regard; relevant; pertinent: to determine the facts relative to an accident.
- : correspondent; proportionate: Value is relative to demand.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
So where does this leave the millions of Palestinians—like my relatives—who dream of self-determination and a sovereign state?
On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”
So, why would a species like the banded mongoose favor breeding between relatives?
That is why I visited my relatives in Iran in 2011, when I was unjustly arrested and charged with espionage.
He called for the homes of their families to be leveled “to the ground” and their relatives to be exiled from Chechnya.
A dish of toads of the largest and most repulsive variety used to be offered one by one to the big man's relatives and guests.
The mob of relatives and friends wrecked and burned the castle, massacring the retainers to a man.
One would have thought that half the dogs in the neighborhood had relatives coming from Columbia.
Afterward, accompanied by his relatives, he proceeded to the room where were placed the tablets in memory of his ancestors.
He does not know yet that the larger estate a man leaves to his relatives the more useful his life has been.