Relative has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs. | |
| 2. | However, the preposition+relative pronoun (which) part becomes a relative adverb (where). | |
| 3. | The truth is relative, just as everything in the world is relative. | |
| 4. | Supply is relative to demand. | |
| 5. | We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative. | |
| 6. | Listen to the facts relative to the issue. | |
| 7. | An orphan at three, he was brought up by a distant relative. | |
| 8. | The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms. | |
| 9. | I consulted him relative to the subject. | |
| 10. | I have a new relative: my sister got married, so now I have a brother-in-law. |