correlative
1correlative — I adjective accordant, adapted, affiliate, affiliated, affined, affinitive, agnate, agreeing, akin, allied, amalgamated, analogous, anent, applicable, apposite, appropriate, associated, associative, belonging, cognate, coinciding, collateral,… …
2correlative — [kə rel′ə tiv] adj. [ML correlativus] 1. having or involving a mutual relationship; reciprocally dependent [correlative rights and duties] 2. Gram. expressing mutual relation and used in pairs [In “neither Tom nor I can go,” “neither” and “nor”… …
3Correlative — Cor*rel a*tive (k?r r?l ? t?v), a. [Cf. F. corr[ e]latif.] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. [1913 Webster] Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume. [1913 Webster] …
4correlative — UK US /kəˈrelətɪv/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe two or more things that are related to each other: »Each party to the contract has correlative rights and duties …
5correlative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a correlation. 2) (of words such as neither and nor) corresponding to each other and regularly used together. ► NOUN ▪ a correlative word or concept. ORIGIN Latin correlativus, from relativus having reference or relation …
6Correlative — 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. [1913 Webster] Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) The… …
7correlative — adj corresponding, complementary, complemental, *reciprocal, convertible …
8correlative — is each of a pair of words used to link corresponding parts of a sentence, e.g. both…and…, either…or…, neither…nor…. Correlatives that involve a subordinate clause include hardly…when… and if…then… …
9corrélative — ● corrélatif, corrélative adjectif (latin médiéval correlativus) Se dit de choses ou de termes qui sont en corrélation, qui sont unis par une dépendance logique : L effet et la cause sont corrélatifs. Se dit de deux termes qui sont en relation de …
10correlative — 1 adjective 1 two or more facts, ideas etc that are correlative are closely related or dependent on each other: correlative theories and beliefs | Profits were directly correlative to the popularity of the product. 2 technical two words that are… …
