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contrastive
[ kuhn-tras-tiv ]
/ kÉnĖtrƦs tÉŖv /
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Definition of contrastive
adjective
tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
studying or exhibiting the congruences and differences between two languages or dialects without reference to their origins: contrastive linguistics.
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OTHER WORDS FROM contrastive
conĀ·trasĀ·tiveĀ·ly, adverbunĀ·conĀ·trasĀ·tive, adjectiveunĀ·conĀ·trasĀ·tiveĀ·ly, adverbWords nearby contrastive
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How to use contrastive in a sentence
There is also a phoneme of stress which has a very low contrastive function.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff