[syn: correlative, correlate, correlated]
2. expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation;
- Example: "correlative conjunctions"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Correlative \Cor*rel"a*tive\ (k?r-r?l"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.
corr['e]latif.]
Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
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Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and
citizen, are correlative terms. --Hume.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Correlative \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.
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Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives.
--Spelman.
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2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
correlative
adj 1: mutually related [syn: correlative, correlate,
correlated]
2: expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation;
"correlative conjunctions"
n 1: either of two or more related or complementary variables
[syn: correlate, correlative]