Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

it's all relative

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: it's al-l rel-a-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.

Example Sentences

"$300 a day may seem like a lot, but it's all relative."

Questions

What does it's all relative mean?: A response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.

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