con·tras·tive (k n-tr s t v)adj. 1. Containing or forming a contrast; contrasting. 2. Linguistics a. Capable of distinguishing meaning; being in opposition: a phonological feature that is contrastive in one language but not in another. b. Pertaining to the study of structural contrasts: contrastive analysis. con·tras tive·ly adv.con·tras tive·ness n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | contrastive - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" antonymous - of words: having opposite meanings |
| 2. | contrastive - strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" different - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" | |
| 3. | contrastive - syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) disjunctive - serving or tending to divide or separate |
Translations
contrastive
adj → gegenüberstellend; (Ling) → kontrastiv
contrastive [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] adj → contrastivo/a
contrastive [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] adj → contrastivo/a
contrastive [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] adj → contrastivo/a
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