contrastive
/kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/US/kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/
contrastive adjective: contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
Adjective
contrastive (comparative more contrastive, superlative most contrastive)
- Contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
- This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT, retrieved 24 Feb 2014
- Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.1985, David-Hillel Ruben, The Metaphysics of the Social World, page 141
contrastive meaning in Bengali
contrastive in Bengali
- বৈসাদৃশ্যের মধ্যে থাকা
Forms of contrastive
| comparative | more contrastive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most contrastive |
Origin of contrastive
From contrast + -ive.
Words formed from contrastive
Questions about contrastive
- What does contrastive mean?
- Contrastive means contrasting: tending to contrast; being in contrast.
- What is contrastive in Bengali?
- Contrastive in Bengali is বৈসাদৃশ্যের মধ্যে থাকা. See Contrastive meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is contrastive?
- Contrastive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce contrastive?
- Contrastive is pronounced /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/ (UK).
Words near contrastive in the dictionary
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