close relative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandrelative
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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relative
noun[C]
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
a member of ...
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(Definition ofcloseandrelativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclose relative
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When a manager is working for acloserelative, he will be more relaxed and less serious about the job.
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Permission was requested from the patient to conduct separate interviews with acloserelativeand all available medical and non-medical informants.
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All of them moved near acloserelative, most often a married son or daughter.
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The first involved semi-structured interviews with carers who had placed acloserelativein a care home.
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Women gather at an appointed time, often accompanied by acloserelativeor neighbour and frequently carrying small children in their arms.
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We then examine the implications of being a head, or thecloserelativeof one, for individual well-being, reflected in the probability of marriage.
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When a spouse is not available, the preference would be for anothercloserelative.
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For persons suffering from dementia, acloserelativegave consent by proxy.
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For instance, an unexpected death of acloserelativewill create more distress than an anticipated death.
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On the other hand, 60 per cent of those aged 70 or more years living alone had nocloserelativeliving within half-an-hour's travel.
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Risk status was determined by the presence of dyslexia among parents (confirmed with extensive individual assessment) and at least one othercloserelative.
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Each of them is thus acloserelativeof the village chief, and can normally expect to be appointed as his replacement when he dies.
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Some observers seek to go beyond a consideration of the theoretical relationship between religion and politics and itscloserelative, economics.
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Professional service providers may be less suited to unskilled home-care, for which the motivation of a partner or othercloserelativeis especially advantageous.
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While the death of acloserelativeappeared to have little impact on depressive symptoms, the opposite was true for a relative or a friend moving away.
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Sixty-five percent of the patients had an informal caregiver, either acloserelativeor significant other, and 70% of those had informal care around the clock.
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A death of acloserelativehad a moderate negative effect on survivors, but not on the deceased who, in turn, were more affected by changes in their social relations.
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