relative to

preposition

: with regard to : in connection with

Examples of relative to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Where teachers are being hardest hit The report highlights two regions where educators have experienced the most significant wage changes relative to other workers. USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 There’s a hint of self-effacement in Campillo’s demotion of his own coming-of-age tale, an acknowledgement of the smallness of his memories relative to the island’s own seismic story of the time, even if the film never quite gives itself over to more radical ideas. Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024 Its transit is much slower than that of the Earth, which returns closely to its initial position at the time of our birth, relative to the sun, each year — or Jupiter, which comes back around every 12 years. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2024 Antidepressants are widely prescribed, but their efficacy relative to placebo is modest. Amit Etkin, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024 During the solar eclipse, several planets may be visible depending on their positions relative to the sun and the time of day. The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024 Unless these types of shopping experiences and services are deployed at a larger scale relative to a brand’s retail footprint, the impact will remain fairly minimal compared to the amount of new products that are created and displayed in their stores. Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Therefore, any object found to be moving along a hyperbola relative to the sun must have come from interstellar space. Karl Schroeder, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2024 Notably, the notice contained a payment cut of 0.16% relative to 2024, in which year rates were cut by 1.12% relative to 2023. Avik Roy, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of relative to was in 1649

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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

relative to

preposition
: in relation to
the angle of the pole relative to the ground
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