Definitions
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
Word origin
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 or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive.
Used in a sentence
“We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation.”
“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.”
“The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Not absolute”8 letters
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