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Relatives | Relatively | Relative

Relatives meaning

plural of relative

Using Relatives

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of relative
  • In the example corpus, relatives often appears in combinations such as: relatives and, relatives of, and relatives.

Context around Relatives

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Relatives

  • In this selection, "relatives" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, close, distant, blood, places, submitted and waiting stand out and add context to how "relatives" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 587 some relatives arrived at, among the relatives of schizophrenic and close relatives. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "relatives" sits close to words such as sad, consists and moore, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with relatives

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

After the post mortem, the relatives told the police that the deceased relatives had consumed alcohol. (16 words)

Relatives working in the US that send money home to relatives represent the primary source of individual income. (18 words)

Relatives of the dead are not supposed to pay for the postmortem so are the relatives of the accused. (19 words)

Perhaps even more horrifying is that Hardy John’s death has already been forgotten by everyone save his closest relatives, who’ll be expecting no better treatment than had been dished out to the relatives of scores of other homicide victims. (41 words)

After the cremation, in some regions, the immediate male relatives of the deceased shave their head and invite all friends and relatives, on the tenth or twelfth day, to eat a simple meal together in remembrance of the deceased. (39 words)

A Catholic priest working at the center set up for relatives of people missing and presumed dead in the California scuba diving boat fire says he’s spoken with 15 to 20 relatives of those who were aboard. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

From here, while some left for their relatives’ places in the city, others with trolleys and bags said they were headed to their relatives’ places in other cities and towns.

Emphasising on safety of healthcare personnel and relatives of the victim, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines for hospital staff regarding measures to be undertaken while handing over bodies to relatives.

A Catholic priest working at the center set up for relatives of people missing and presumed dead in the California scuba diving boat fire says he’s spoken with 15 to 20 relatives of those who were aboard.

Advocate Amit Nair, representing the accused as well as their relatives, submitted that the lockers and accounts, co-owned by their relatives, were already inspected and scrutinised by the Income Tax Department.

Since my parents died I have been totally alone in the world, in terms of blood relatives (my daughter was adopted), so to go from that to having this whole bunch of relatives — what an amazing gift.

While the new 33,900 family per-country limit will help U.S. citizens with relatives waiting in Mexico and the Philippines, it should not overwhelm or shut out U.S. citizens with relatives in other countries.

After the post mortem, the relatives told the police that the deceased relatives had consumed alcohol.

Perhaps even more horrifying is that Hardy John’s death has already been forgotten by everyone save his closest relatives, who’ll be expecting no better treatment than had been dished out to the relatives of scores of other homicide victims.

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Relatives of the dead are not supposed to pay for the postmortem so are the relatives of the accused.

There are four levels of sponsors, according to ORR policy, beginning with parents, then siblings and close relatives, then distant relatives or unrelated adults, and finally willing strangers or agencies.

They also visited the graveyards of their relatives and Muslim saints and distributed sweetmeats and homemade foods among the poor, their neighbours, friends and relatives.

After the cremation, in some regions, the immediate male relatives of the deceased shave their head and invite all friends and relatives, on the tenth or twelfth day, to eat a simple meal together in remembrance of the deceased.

Butterfly's relatives say that he is like a king, so rich and so handsome, and then, at a sign from Butterfly, all her friends and relatives bow to Pinkerton and walk out to the garden.

For instance, there has been dispute about whether flamingos are more closely related to the storks and their relatives, or to ducks, geese and their relatives.

Generally speaking, there tend to be more schizophrenics among the relatives of schizophrenic patients than in the general population, while manic depression is more frequent in the relatives of manic depressives.

In general, it is assumed that language isolates have relatives or had relatives at some point in their history but at a time depth too great for linguistic comparison to recover them.

In the context of his "tales" Heinlein examines the morality of a variety of possible incestuous situations: from unrelated "twins", to unrelated parent-child, to distant relatives, and finally close relatives when Lazarus sleeps with his own mother.

Nepotism Pope Sixtus IV appoints Platina as Prefect of the Library, by Melozzo da Forlì, accompanied by his relatives Sixtus IV sought to strengthen his position by surrounding himself with relatives and friends.

Relatives working in the US that send money home to relatives represent the primary source of individual income.

The airport created a private area for relatives wishing to receive news about Flight 587. Some relatives arrived at the airport to meet passengers, unaware that the flight had crashed.

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Common combinations with relatives

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "relatives" in a sentence?
An example: "From here, while some left for their relatives’ places in the city, others with trolleys and bags said they were headed to their relatives’ places in other cities and towns." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "relatives" from authentic English texts.
What does "relatives" mean?
Relatives means: plural of relative
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