contrastive (redirected from contrastively)

con·tras·tive  (kn-trstv)

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.

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con·trastive·ly adv.

con·trastive·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	contrastive - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms" incompatible antonymous - of words: having opposite meanings
	2.	contrastive - strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" contrasting 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 [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] ADJ (Ling) → contrastivo

contrastive

adj → gegenüberstellend; (Ling) → kontrastiv

contrastive [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] adj → contrastivo/a

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contrastive [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] adj → contrastivo/a