Relatives ˈrelətɪv Inherit Friends Close People Noun Bre

• a close/distant relative
• her friends and relatives
• the ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.
• he believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.

relative

1. a person who is in the same family as somebody else
• synonym relation
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• a close/distant relative
• her friends and relatives
2. a thing that belongs to the same group as something else
• The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.

Extra Examples

• He believes that interior design is the poor relative of architecture.
• He greeted me like a long-lost relative.
• I have no parents or close relatives.
• If you die without a will, only a husband, wife, children and blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.
• She’s caring for an elderly relative.
• The deceased’s immediate relatives will inherit her estate.
• The deceased’s immediate relatives, her mother and father, will inherit her estate.
• The names of the victims are being withheld until the relatives have been informed.
• The police are trying to find the relatives of the deceased.
• The succession passed to the nearest surviving relative.
• an intimate reception for close friends and relatives
• an organization that helps people who have lost relatives= whose relatives have died
• an organization that helps people who have lost their relatives
• people who care for a sick or disabled relative
• the increase in dependent elderly relatives
• I have close relatives.
• If you die without a will, only blood relatives are entitled to inherit your property.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French relatif, -ive, from late Latin relativus ‘having reference or relation’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.