living relative

collocation in English

meaningsoflivingandrelative

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living
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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relative
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
a member of ...
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(Definition oflivingandrelativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, cladistic analysis provides us withlivingrelativespecies with which we can test the hypothesis that there is a heritable variation for social cognition that increases fitness.
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After all, it is a deliberate way of lowering the nation's standard oflivingrelativeto other nations.
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Some people do not fit into those criteria, because their natural parents and siblings are dead and their onlylivingrelativefalls outside the definition of "close family".
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It is the closestlivingrelativeof soybean, an important crop.
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The request was filed on behalf of the doctor's lastlivingrelative.
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All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closestlivingrelativeof these birds.
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Its closestlivingrelativeis probably the lappet-faced vulture, which takes live prey on occasion.
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Molecular studies have refuted earlier beliefs that lancelets might be the closestlivingrelativeto the vertebrates, and instead favor tunicates in this position.
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Sixteen years later, the first wife was announced to be the heiress to an overseas fortune as the last-knownlivingrelative.
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It differs from itslivingrelativeby having a much shorter snout.
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The onlylivingrelativehe has is his great-aunt, whom he visits every week.
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Recent studies do indicate that the sunbittern is the closestlivingrelativeof the kagu.
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It may be placed as the closestlivingrelativeof the foraminiferans, but rapid genetic divergence between several groups makes this difficult to confirm.
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However, much can also be inferred from its close,livingrelative, the razorbill, as well as from remaining soft tissue.
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Bertas onlylivingrelativeis her beloved grandmother, who lives out of town.
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Unlike itslivingrelativethe greater bilby, the lesser bilby was described as aggressive and tenacious.
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It was thought to be the passenger pigeon's closestlivingrelative, based on morphological grounds.
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Since she is his onlylivingrelative, they think that she knows where the money is.
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Her onlylivingrelative, she has met him only once and is reluctant to comply.
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He finds out about her onlylivingrelative, an uncle, and writes to him.
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