immediate relative

collocation in English

meaningsofimmediateandrelative

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immediate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/us
/ɪˈmiː.di.ət/
happening or done without delay or very soon after ...
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relative
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
a member of ...
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(Definition ofimmediateandrelativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmediate relative

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Almost one in 10 motorists claimed to have lost a friend in a drink-driving accident, while one in 20 had lost animmediaterelative.
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There is animmediaterelativeof mine who is a maintenance fitter in a municipal omnibus garage and is, therefore, not exceedingly well remunerated.
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People descendent from remote collaterals of the common ancestor are lower in rank than those descendent from a moreimmediaterelativeof the chiefly line.
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At 84, she was his onlyimmediaterelativestill living.
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Improved understanding will, in turn, promote interventions that will reduce the frequency with which care-givers and their immediate relatives become isolated in the task.
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The greatest share of mobile communication represents calls to immediate relatives, and relates to common plans and festivities, or simply assures the communication partners of their mutual attachment.
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My opinion stresses that all measures in the interests of children's rights should give priority status to parents and immediate relatives of children.
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In most circumstances it would be immediate relatives and dependants who would be entitled, but at this stage we cannot usefully pursue that argument.
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Would he not agree that the allegations made in this play are bound to cause great pain to the immediate relatives of those depicted in the play?
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One of the questions that will be asked at the interview is whether the applicant has access to other funds from his or her immediate relatives.
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Resident females live with their offspring in defined home ranges that overlap with those of other adult females, which may be their immediate relatives.
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Its snout was round and narrow, shorter than that of its immediate relatives.
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Most could not bring the rest of their families, including immediate relatives, due to government restrictions and enormous processing fees.
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The guests are seated, with immediate relatives seated closest to the front.
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Although rank was graded continuously, an upper stratum could be distinguished consisting of indisputable chiefs with potlacht seats and titles to resource sites plus closely associated supporters, generally immediate relatives.
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Elected senators must be independent from political parties, with no immediate relatives in parliament and must not have been a member of a political party in the last 5 years.
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