All 4 Uses of
relative
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- Our lives were not without anxiety, since our relatives in Germany were suffering under Hitler's anti-Jewish laws.†
Chpt 42-06 (definition 1) *
- After Father had rejected all the van Daan relatives, we chose a dentist named Alfred Dussel.†
Chpt 42-11 (definition 1)
- We don't know how many people are actually in hiding; of course, the number is relatively small compared to the general population, but later on we'll no doubt be astonished at how many good people in Holland were willing to take Jews and Christians, with or without money, into their homes.†
Chpt 43-05 (definition 2) *
- Up until the war there were still quite a few rich relatives.†
Chpt 44-05 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (relative as in: they are relatives) connectedin various senses, including:
- a person related by blood or marriage -- as in "The hospital won't let me visit her because I'm not a relative."
- a plant or animal related by origin or grouping -- "The closest relative of the dog is the gray wolf."
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(2) (relative as in: the relative importance) compared with something else (not an absolute value or not complete)