distant relative

collocation in English

meaningsofdistantandrelative

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distant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪs.tənt/us
/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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relative
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
a member of ...
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(Definition ofdistantandrelativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Selection requires no more than a "systematic correlation between parent and offspring," or "parent and grandoffspring, or a moredistantrelative" (last para.).
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Just opposite there is a small canteen, run by adistantrelativeof the market inspector.
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The chances that adistantrelativeof the head would rise in the household hierarchy via division depended on the characteristics of the household in which he or she lived.
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Use of a moredistantrelativeas an outgroup increases the ability to detect such ancestral polymorphisms.
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Mydistantrelativewas the originator of the first handloom weavers' union.
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It is a cliche to say that it is everybody'sdistantrelativeand nobody's baby, but it applies strongly in this case.
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She herself had been fortunate; a ratherdistantrelativehad asked her out for the day.
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Clearly, if he is adistantrelative, the opportunity for blackmail would be considerable.
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But if there is adistantrelativewho is entirely dependent on him, he has no claim, because this is our civil law.
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I have one small anecdote from adistantrelativewho was something of a hypochondriac.
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Occasionally, cases are brought to me by a constituent who is adistantrelativeof the person concerned and who is not the primary sponsor.
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If he likes to favour adistantrelativeor a younger child instead of the eldest, that has nothing to do with anybody.
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I think, actually, that he is adistantrelative.
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They managed to do it because one of them happened to be adistantrelativeof the children.
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Indeed, we have already taken action to stop people seeking adistantrelativeon income support to make the application.
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But in practice thedistantrelativeand the stranger and the cats' home will pay less and the near relative will pay more, and the two will balance.
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Dinakaran next starts wooing adistantrelativewho comes visiting at his house.
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Its flavour is evocative of caramel and malt, and is described as adistantrelativeof chocolate milk.
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Traditionally, popular instruments include the ngoni, adistantrelativeof the banjo, and the balafon.
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In former times, the parents arranged for their children to marry adistantrelative.
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