Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tribe | Yes | No | No | No |
relative | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tribe (noun) | relative (noun) |
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a social division of (usually preliterate) people | an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) |
a federation (as of American Indians) | a person related by blood or marriage |
group of people related by blood or marriage | |
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily |
tribe (adjective) | relative (adjective) |
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estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | |
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' |