contrast
/kənˈtɹɑːst/
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Northern England/kənˈtɹast/
contrast noun: the degree of this difference.
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Noun
contrast (countable and uncountable, plural contrasts)
- The degree of this difference.
- The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
- A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got two contrast knobs!2009 May 4, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Hremail #7”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman)
- A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- Israel is a country of many contrasts.
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 746
- Antithesis.
- Contrast medium
Verb
contrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts, present participle contrasting, simple past and past participle contrasted)
- To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.
- To form a contrast.
- Foreground and background strongly contrast.
- The color of her dress contrasts very nicely with the black scarf around her neck.
contrast meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
contrast in Hindi
- विपरीतता, कंट्रास्ट
contrast in Tamil
- மாறுபாடு, வேறுபாடு, முரண்பாடு, வேறுபடும் பண்பு, வேற்றுநிலை, எதிர்நிலை
contrast in Urdu
- برخلاف ہونا
contrast in Bengali
- বৈষম্যপ্রদর্শন, বিপরীত হওয়া
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- contrast in Telugu
- వైరుధ్యం, వైరుధ్యము
- contrast in Malayalam
- അന്തരം antaraṁ
- contrast in Kannada
- ಭೇದ bhēda
- contrast in Gujarati
- વિપરીતતા
- contrast in Odia
- ବୈସାଦୃଶ୍ଯ, ବୈପରୀତ୍ଯ, ଏହାର ବୈସାଦୃଶ୍ଯ
- contrast in Sanskrit
- भेद bhedá
- contrast in Nepali
- विपरीतता
- contrast in Persian
- کنتراست kontrâst
Examples of contrast in a sentence
- ... there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11:
- The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.1845, Charles Lyell, Lyell's Travels in North America:
Antonyms of contrast
Forms of contrast
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | contrasts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | contrasts |
| present participle | contrasting |
| past participle | contrasted |
| past | contrasted |
Origin of contrast
From French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”).
Words formed from contrast
- by contrast
- contrast agent
- contrastless
- contrast medium
- contrastment
- contrast radiography
- contrast ratio
- contrast set
- contrast therapy
- contrasty
- hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography
- hysterosalpingo contrast sonography
- in contrast
- in contrast to
- metacontrast
- multicontrast
- noncontrast
- paracontrast
- phase contrast microscope
- phase contrast microscopy
- postcontrast
- precontrast
- radiocontrast
- reverse contrast
- thorotrast
- contrastable
- compare and contrast
- contrasting
- contrastive
Phrases with contrast
Words that rhyme with contrast
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Questions about contrast
- What does contrast mean?
- Contrast means the degree of this difference.
- What is contrast in Hindi?
- Contrast in Hindi is विपरीतता, कंट्रास्ट. See Contrast meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use contrast in a sentence?
- ... there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.
- What part of speech is contrast?
- Contrast can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce contrast?
- Contrast is pronounced /kənˈtɹɑːst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of contrast?
- The plural of contrast is contrasts.
Words near contrast in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contrast (page history and authors); contrast (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contrast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contrast (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contrast (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contrast (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അന്തരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಭೇದ (Kannada) (page history and authors); contrast (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contrast (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भेद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); contrast (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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