corelative [kuh -rel -uh -tiv]
Examples Word Origin
Related forms co·rel·a·tive·ly , adverb correlative [kuh -rel -uh -tiv]
so related that each implies or complements the other. being in correlation ; mutually related. Grammar answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but. Biology (of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another. Show More
either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative. Grammar a correlative expression. Show More
Also especially British co·rel·a·tive .
Origin of correlative From the
Medieval Latin word
correlātīvus, dating back to
1520–30. See
cor- ,
relative Related forms cor·rel·a·tive·ly , adverb cor·rel·a·tive·ness , cor·rel·a·tiv·i·ty , noun non·cor·rel·a·tive , adjective non·cor·rel·a·tive·ly , adverb non·cor·rel·a·tive·ness , noun un·cor·rel·a·tive , adjective un·cor·rel·a·tive·ly , adverb un·cor·rel·a·tive·ness , noun un·cor·rel·a·tiv·i·ty , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for corelative Historical Examples of corelative British Dictionary definitions for corelative in mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship; corresponding denoting words, usually conjunctions, occurring together though not adjacently in certain grammatical constructions, as for example neither and nor in such sentences as he neither ate nor drank Show More
either of two things that are correlative a correlative word Show More
Derived Forms correlatively , adverb correlativeness or correlativity , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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