- correlative terms
- correlative terms,Grammar. a pair of words implying a relation between the objects they denote. Examples: parent and child, doctor and patient, man and wife.
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Correlative — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
correlative — /kareladiv/ Having a mutual or reciprocal relation, in such sense that the existence of one necessarily implies the existence of the other. Father and son are correlative terms, as are claim and duty … Black's law dictionary
correlative — /kareladiv/ Having a mutual or reciprocal relation, in such sense that the existence of one necessarily implies the existence of the other. Father and son are correlative terms, as are claim and duty … Black's law dictionary
correlative — I adjective accordant, adapted, affiliate, affiliated, affined, affinitive, agnate, agreeing, akin, allied, amalgamated, analogous, anent, applicable, apposite, appropriate, associated, associative, belonging, cognate, coinciding, collateral,… … Law dictionary
Correlative-based fallacies — In logic, correlative based fallacies, also known as fallacies of distraction, are logical fallacies based on correlative conjunctions. Contents 1 Correlative conjunctions 1.1 Examples 2 Fallacies 3 … Wikipedia
correlative — correlatively, adv. correlativeness, correlativity, n. /keuh rel euh tiv/, adj. 1. so related that each implies or complements the other. 2. being in correlation; mutually related. 3. Gram. answering to or complementing one another and regularly… … Universalium
correlative — cor•rel•a•tive [[t]kəˈrɛl ə tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) so related that each implies or complements the other 2) being in correlation; mutually related 3) gram. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or,… … From formal English to slang
correlative — /kɒˈrɛlətɪv/ (say ko reluhtiv) adjective 1. so related that each implies or complements the other. 2. being in correlation; mutually related. 3. having a mutual relation; answering to or complementing one another, as either and or, where and… …
List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents… … Wikipedia
reciprocal — 1 Reciprocal, mutual, common mean shared, experienced, or shown by each of the persons or things concerned. Reciprocal has for its distinctive implication the return in due measure by each of two sides of whatever is offered, given, or manifested … New Dictionary of Synonyms
