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Meaning of CONTRASTIVE
Pronunciation:
kun'trastiv
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Definition:
[adj] (
grammar
)
syntactically
establishing
a
relationship
of
contrast
between
sentences
or
elements
of
a
sentence
; "
disjunctive
conjunctions
like
`
but
', `
or
',
or
`
though
'
serve
a
contrastive
function
"
[adj]
strikingly
different
;
tending
to
contrast
; "
contrasting
(
or
contrastive
)
colors
"
[adj]
of
words
so
related
that
one
contrasts
with
the
other
; "`
rich
'
and
`
hard
-
up
'
are
contrastive
terms
"
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Synonyms:
antonymous
,
contrasting
,
different
,
disjunctive
,
incompatible
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