adj
Meaning 1
Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
contrastive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/
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US: /kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/
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US: /ˈkɑntɹæs.tɪv/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
strikingly different; tending to contrast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- contrasting (or contrastive) colors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contrasting
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incompatible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English contrast Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English contrastive From contrast + -ive.