relative to

Idioms and Phrases

Correspondent or proportionate to, as in Relative to its size, Boston has a great many universities , or It's important to get all the facts relative to the collision . Another form of this idiom is in or with relation to , meaning “in reference or with regard to,” as in Demand is high in relation to supply , or That argument changes nothing with relation to our plans for hiring workers . The usages with relative date from the second half of the 1700s, those with relation from the late 1500s.

Example Sentences

He noted that teleparallel gravity — the conceptual unified theory imagined by Einstein — has “various problems,” starting with local Lorentz symmetry, or the theory that in physics the laws are the same for all observers moving relative to each other.

From Salon

"We were just sitting peacefully. These are innocent citizens who don’t belong to any military organization or faction," eyewitness and relative to the victims Hamza Alloush told Reuters.

From BBC

The change experts most noted this election cycle was the shift in Latino voters' support for Trump relative to that in 2020.

From Salon

“Relative to other social issues, child care is one where we may see more openness to more spending for the sake of making things easier for American families.”

From Los Angeles Times

The White House initially dismissed a spike in inflation as a temporary phenomenon, and when people continued to express a dim view of the economy even as prices eased up, many Democrats suggested that Americans were simply being misinformed or feeling bad "vibes," citing the strength of the U.S. company relative to all other developed nations.

From Salon