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contrasts

contrasts is the plural of contrast.

contrasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contrast.

Meaning of contrast

Noun

contrast (countable and uncountable, plural contrasts)

  1. (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
    • The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
  2. (countable) 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)
  3. (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
    • Israel is a country of many contrasts.
  4. (countable) 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
  5. (rhetoric) Antithesis.
  6. (uncountable) Contrast medium

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Phrases with contrasts

Questions about contrasts

What is contrasts the plural of?
Contrasts is the plural of contrast.

Words near contrasts in the dictionary

  1. contrastivity
  2. contrastless
  3. contrastlessness
  4. contrastment
  5. contrastography
  6. contrasts
  7. contrasty
  8. contrasuggestibility
  9. contrasuggestible
  10. contrasuppression
  11. contrasuppressor

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