Correlative

  • 11correlative — I UK [kəˈrelətɪv] / US adjective 1) formal correlative rights or obligations are connected with or depend on each other 2) linguistics two words that are correlative are often used together but not usually used next to each other. For example,… …

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  • 12correlative — cor|rel|a|tive1 [ kə relətıv ] adjective 1. ) FORMAL correlative rights or obligations are connected with or depend on each other 2. ) LINGUISTICS two words that are correlative are often used together but not usually used next to each other. For …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13correlative — cor|rel|a|tive [kəˈrelətıv] adj formal two or more facts, ideas etc that are correlative are closely related or dependent on each other ▪ rights and their correlative responsibilities >correlative n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14correlative — adjective Date: 1530 1. naturally related ; corresponding 2. reciprocally related 3. regularly used together but typically not adjacent < the correlative conjunctions either…or …

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  • 15correlative — correlatively, adv. correlativeness, correlativity, n. /keuh rel euh tiv/, adj. 1. so related that each implies or complements the other. 2. being in correlation; mutually related. 3. Gram. answering to or complementing one another and regularly&#8230; …

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  • 16correlative — [[t]kɒre̱lətɪv[/t]] correlatives N COUNT: oft N of n If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it. [FORMAL] Man has rights only in so far as they are a correlative of duty …

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  • 17correlative — cor•rel•a•tive [[t]kəˈrɛl ə tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) so related that each implies or complements the other 2) being in correlation; mutually related 3) gram. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or,&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18correlative — /kɒˈrɛlətɪv/ (say ko reluhtiv) adjective 1. so related that each implies or complements the other. 2. being in correlation; mutually related. 3. having a mutual relation; answering to or complementing one another, as either and or, where and&#8230; …

  • 19correlative — 1. adjective mutually related; corresponding 2. noun a) Either of two correlative things. b) A pro form; a non personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbal form, in Esperanto regularly formed, indicating which?, that, some …

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  • 20Correlative — In grammar, correlatives are words that are separated in a sentence but function together to perform a single function. In English, examples are both and, either or, neither nor, the the ( the more the better ), so that ( it ate so much food that …

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