Meaning of CORRELATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ku'relutiv
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- [n] either of two correlated variables
- [adj] (grammar) indicating a reciprocal or complementary relation; "correlative conjunctions"
- [adj] mutually related
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| | Synonyms: | | correlate, correlate, correlated, reciprocal, related, related to |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cor*rel"a*tive\ (k?r-r?l"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.
corr['e]latif.]
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and
citizen, are correlative terms. --Hume.
\Cor*rel"a*tive\, n.
1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation,
or is correlated, to some other person or thing. --Locke.
Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives.
--Spelman.
2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
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