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relative to1In comparison with: the figures suggest that girls are underachieving relative to boys...- This property comes about because the visual system makes comparisons relative to the putative axis, implying additional processing.
- Participating females reported gradual but lasting reductions in their substance use relative to comparison females.
- In both cases, participant group youth experience a decrease in use relative to comparison youth of the same gender.
Synonyms proportionate, proportional, in proportion, commensurate, corresponding, dependent on, based on 1.1In terms of a connection to: we must consider the location of the hospital relative to its catchment area...- The weaponry used also has to be seen in terms relative to the conflict at hand.
- This should be done in terms of the company's objectives and its positioning relative to the competition.
- Recipes for gunpowder, relative to the proportions in the mixture of its three components, varied over the centuries of its use.
2About; concerning: if you have any queries relative to payment, please contact us...- So no, I don't think we have any concerns relative to that.
- It looks like the concern relative to what we talked about last night with some of Rita coming back down doesn't seem to be particularly likely at this point.
- In the last few years, theoretical concerns relative to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease caused a similar donor loss.
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