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PRONUNCIATION OF RELATIVISE

relativise  [ˈrelətɪvaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELATIVISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Relativise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb relativise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RELATIVISE

PRESENT

Present
I relativise
you relativise
he/she/it relativises
we relativise
you relativise
they relativise
Present continuous
I am relativising
you are relativising
he/she/it is relativising
we are relativising
you are relativising
they are relativising
Present perfect
I have relativised
you have relativised
he/she/it has relativised
we have relativised
you have relativised
they have relativised
Present perfect continuous
I have been relativising
you have been relativising
he/she/it has been relativising
we have been relativising
you have been relativising
they have been relativising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I relativised
you relativised
he/she/it relativised
we relativised
you relativised
they relativised
Past continuous
I was relativising
you were relativising
he/she/it was relativising
we were relativising
you were relativising
they were relativising
Past perfect
I had relativised
you had relativised
he/she/it had relativised
we had relativised
you had relativised
they had relativised
Past perfect continuous
I had been relativising
you had been relativising
he/she/it had been relativising
we had been relativising
you had been relativising
they had been relativising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will relativise
you will relativise
he/she/it will relativise
we will relativise
you will relativise
they will relativise
Future continuous
I will be relativising
you will be relativising
he/she/it will be relativising
we will be relativising
you will be relativising
they will be relativising
Future perfect
I will have relativised
you will have relativised
he/she/it will have relativised
we will have relativised
you will have relativised
they will have relativised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been relativising
you will have been relativising
he/she/it will have been relativising
we will have been relativising
you will have been relativising
they will have been relativising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would relativise
you would relativise
he/she/it would relativise
we would relativise
you would relativise
they would relativise
Conditional continuous
I would be relativising
you would be relativising
he/she/it would be relativising
we would be relativising
you would be relativising
they would be relativising
Conditional perfect
I would have relativise
you would have relativise
he/she/it would have relativise
we would have relativise
you would have relativise
they would have relativise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been relativising
you would have been relativising
he/she/it would have been relativising
we would have been relativising
you would have been relativising
they would have been relativising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you relativise
we let´s relativise
you relativise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to relativise
Past participle
relativised
Present Participle
relativising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELATIVISE


activize
ˈæktɪˌvaɪz
advise
ədˈvaɪz
bolshevize
ˈbɒlʃəˌvaɪz
collectivise
kəˈlektɪvaɪz
collectivize
kəˈlɛktɪˌvaɪz
devise
dɪˈvaɪz
improvise
ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz
incentivise
ɪnˈsɛntɪˌvaɪz
incentivize
ɪnˈsɛntɪˌvaɪz
jarovize
ˈjærəˌvaɪz
Levi´s
ˈliːvaɪz
objectivise
əbˈdʒektɪˌvaɪz
objectivize
əbˈdʒɛktɪvaɪz
previse
prɪˈvaɪz
readvise
ˌriːədˈvaɪz
relativize
ˈrɛlətɪvaɪz
revise
rɪˈvaɪz
substantivize
ˈsʌbstəntɪˌvaɪz
supervise
ˈsuːpəˌvaɪz
televise
ˈtɛlɪˌvaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELATIVISE

relative major key
relative majority
relative minor
relative minor key
relative molecular mass
relative permeability
relative permittivity
relative probability
relative pronoun
relatively
relativeness
relativisation
relativism
relativist
relativistic
relativistically
relativitist
relativity
relativization
relativize

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELATIVISE

advertise
bench vise
comprehensivise
cruise
enterprise
exercise
expertise
mise
noise
otherwise
paradise
parvise
pavise
promise
raise
rerevise
rise
subjectivise
substantivise
vise

Synonyms and antonyms of relativise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «relativise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELATIVISE

Find out the translation of relativise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of relativise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «relativise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相对化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

relativizar
570 millions of speakers

English

relativise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

relativise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

relativise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

relativise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relativizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

relativise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

relativiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Relativise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

relativieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

relativise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

relativise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Relativise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

relativise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

relativise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Relativise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilişkilendirilmesini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

relativizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

relatywizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

relativise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

relativiza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχετικοποιήσουμε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relativeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

relativisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relativise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVISE»

The term «relativise» is regularly used and occupies the 71.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVISE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about relativise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELATIVISE»

Discover the use of relativise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relativise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Universal Grammar (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Clearly, PRC! is just a restatement of HQ. PRC2 follows directly from HQ and the definition of primary, since a primary strategy that can relativise a low position on the AH is one that can relativise subjects (since it is primary) and a low position, ...
Edward L. Keenan, Andrew W Mellon Professor of History and Director Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Edward L Keenan, 2014
2
Social Stylistics: Syntactic Variation in British Newspapers
She refers to Keenan and Comrie's (1977, 1979) accessibility hierarchy, which claims that 1) a language must be able to relativise subjects, 2) that if a language can relativise a position low on the accessibility hierarchy, it can also relativise all  ...
Andreas H. Jucker, 1992
3
A Grammar of Tukang Besi
There are three major types of the external relative clause, divided on morphological and functional grounds: ° The subject relative clause is used to relativise an argument that is an [S] or [A] in the relative clause, and involves the use of the ...
Mark Donohue, 1999
4
On Case Grammar: Prolegomena to a Theory of Grammatical ...
And they embody a further hierarchy-bound claim in the 'absolute subject condition': ( 1 03) Absolute subject condition Subjects are universally the easiest position on the AH to relativise. That is, if a language can relativise any NP position on ...
John M. Anderson, 1977
5
Probability Theory and Probability Logic
Carnap's 1952 relative probability functions for L relativise Popper's absolute probability functions for L. But each one of Popper's absolute probability function, being the T-restriction of a Carnap 1952 relative probability function, is that of a ...
Peter Roeper, Hugues Leblanc, 1999
6
The World's Major Languages
One such property is relativisability. Only absolutive arguments (and certain constituents of such arguments) may be relativised in Tagalog. Thus if one wishes to relativise an actor, an intransitive clause must be used; if one wishes to relativise ...
Bernard Comrie, 2009
7
International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual ...
The history of religious conflict in our generation makes this question urgent. Who is to relativise the relativisers? To criticise the ultimate critic? From what source of ultimate value is the absolute value to be evaluated? (Khomeini, 1985, p.
Marian De Souza, Kathleen Engebretson, Gloria Durka, 2007
8
The Syntax of French
If inanimate de/à-marked nominals were PP*s, then they, too, would be expected to relativise in the same transparent way, only. However, inanimate de/à- marked nominals relativise in two ways, not just transparently, as in (134a) and (135a), ...
Paul Rowlett, 2007
9
ILSIENNA - Our Language- Vol. 2, 2012
However, while the dialect uses wh-pronouns to relativise upon indirect functions , unlike the case of the Standard variety, the whpronoun strategy is not restricted to the relativisation on such GFs. Rather, the dialectal variety is able to use ...
Stolz, Thomas (ed.)
10
The Acquisition of Relative Clauses: Processing, Typology ...
The NP-accessibility hierarchy states that a language that relativises on one position on the hierarchy will be able to relativise on positions above it. For instance, alanguage that can relativise on indirect objects will also be able to relativise on ...
Evan Kidd, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELATIVISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relativise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jean-Marie Le Pen maintenu au FN : Marine Le Pen relativise
REBONDISSEMENT – Marine Le Pen relativise, ce vendredi, sur Radio Classique : la décision du tribunal de Nanterre ne changera rien à l'exclusion de son ... «metronews, Jul 15»
2
Toulouse/Aéroport : Valls relativise la disparition du propriétaire …
Toulouse/Aéroport : Valls relativise la disparition du propriétaire chinois. < Envoyer cet article par e-mail. X. Envoyer à : Séparez les adresses e-mail de vos ... «Le Figaro, Jul 15»
3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga : « Je suis déçu mais je relativise »
Donc, oui, je suis déçu mais je relativise aussi. Il faut avancer, il y aura des choses dans le futur. Je prends un peu de recul là-dessus, j'ai donné le meilleur de ... «Sport365.fr, Jun 15»
4
VIDEO. Sarkozy relativise les sifflets contre Juppé
Le président des Républicains a regretté qu'il y ait eu de tels débordements, tout en estimant qu'il était difficile de "contrôler que chacun puisse se tenir ... «Francetv info, May 15»
5
Ma Philosophie ne relativise pas
Ma Philosophie ne relativise pas. Bonne troisième pour son premier essai dans un quinté, MA PHILOSOPHIE a ainsi démontré qu'elle ne courait pas pour faire ... «Le Parisien, May 15»
6
Julien Courbet relativise l'échec d'audience du Grand match de la …
LE SCAN TÉLÉ - Samedi soir, le divertissement de D8 réunissant en prime time d'anciens candidats de Secret Story, des Anges ou encore des Marseillais a été ... «Le Figaro, May 15»
7
L'exécutif relativise de nouveau la hausse du chômage
L'exécutif relativise de nouveau la hausse du chômage. LE MONDE | 28.04.2015 à 11h30 • Mis à jour le 28.04.2015 à 11h35 | Par Patrick Roger. Abonnez-vous «Le Monde, Apr 15»
8
Gain de croissance grâce aux réformes: Macron "relativise" les …
Paris, 22 avr 2015 - Le ministre de l'Economie Emmanuel Macron a souhaité mercredi devant l'Assemblée nationale "relativiser" le chiffrage de l'impact des ... «L'Express, Apr 15»
9
Insulté sur Twitter, Fernando Alonso (McLaren) relativise
Interrogé sur cette controverse jeudi dans le paddock de Sakhir, le champion du monde 2005 et 2006 a souhaité relativiser l'incident. "Ce qui s'est passé est ... «Eurosport.fr, Apr 15»
10
Irak: le Premier ministre relativise les destructions à Tikrit
Le Premier ministre irakien Haider al-Abadi a relativisé lundi les destructions commises à Tikrit, ville du nord du pays où les forces pro-gouvernementales ont ... «Le Parisien, Apr 15»

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