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an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" comparative, qualifying, relational properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to''; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" proportionate |
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