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relative
Adjective
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Compared to something else.
I feel good relative to yesterday.
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If something is relative it could be the way it is in different amounts.
We use a relative measure for sound.
Hot is relative, hot to you might be cold to me.
relative
Noun
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Someone you are related to, a member of your family.
My relatives came to visit last night.
bias
Noun
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A bias is a preference in one direction that makes things unequal.
There is strong evidence of a bias towards the death penalty for black rather than white murderers.
They had plans for an international centre, with a strong political bias.
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The bias is the diagonal direction, especially in cloth.
The neckline was cut on the bias to improve the drape of the fabric.
bias
Verb
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If you bias something, you unfairly make one result more likely than another.
Sexism in language biases experience constantly towards the male sex.
By not providing this information, you bias the results.