relative to

Idioms  

1. 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, 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.

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Shares in Firmus should be expected to trade at a discount relative to those in CoreWeave, said Chris Savage, an analyst at Bell Potter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scientists agree that warming above 1.5C relative to pre-industrial times poses grave risks, and nearly 200 nations committed a decade ago to try and keep global temperature rises to this safer threshold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Duale said the patient boarded a flight on Saturday and underwent normal public screening at the main airport in Nairobi before he was transferred by a relative to a hospital in the city.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The current math also means bonds finally start to look compelling relative to stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

If the wind was blowing on race day, whoever was assigned lanes five and six would likely start off with about a two-length handicap to overcome relative to the inside lanes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown