adj
Meaning 1
Mutually related; corresponding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
correlative
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noun
Meaning 2
Either of two correlative things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: equivalent, analogue
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- correlative conjunctions
Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
mutually related
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: correlate, correlated
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
either of two or more related or complementary variables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: correlate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variable, variable quantity
History
Etymology
From correlate + -ive or cor- + relative.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: correlatiu — mutually related
- Esperanto: korelativa — mutually related
- Finnish: korreloiva — mutually related
- Finnish: korrelatiivinen — mutually related
- French: corrélatif — mutually related
- Indonesian: korelatif — mutually related
- Manx: cocheintagh — mutually related
- Polish: powiązany — mutually related
- Polish: korelatywny — mutually related
- Polish: korelacyjny — mutually related
- Spanish: correlativo — mutually related
- Finnish: korrelaatti — correlative thing
- Polish: korelat — correlative thing
- Spanish: correlato — correlative thing
- Finnish: vaste — grammar term
- French: corrélatif — grammar term
- Polish: korelat — grammar term
- Polish: spójnik korelacyjny — grammar term