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CORRELATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two or more related or complementary variables
Synonyms:
correlate; correlative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("correlative" is a kind of...):
variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
Example:
correlative conjunctions
Classified under:
Similar:
mutual; reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Derivation:
correlativity (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Mutually related
Synonyms:
correlate; correlated; correlative
Classified under:
Similar:
related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)
Derivation:
correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)
correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)
correlativity (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)
