correlative
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7.2
- adjective
- /kəˈrɛlətɪv/
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correlativo
- The outcomes of the two experiments were correlative, indicating a strong link between the variables.
- correlative duties
- correlative validity
- correlative obligations
All right, take a look at the correlative conjunctions down at the bottom.
- All right, take a look at the correlative conjunctions down at the bottom.
- What is wing correlative to winged thing?
- The first of them happens when he is talking about correlative terms.
- So do you avoid red meat because of the the correlative studies on increased cancer, cancer, heart disease?
Examples
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The citizen's derived right to liberty is merely the correlative of the more basic duty of a legislature.
Academic text (2005) -
In grammar, correlative conjunctions like either and or work together to show choices.
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Now the question is, do we have a correlative process?
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The two men shared a common, correlative scale of value, but they defended opposite ends of that scale.
Academic text (2013) -
However, most of the scientific evidence supporting this hypothesis comes from correlative approaches.
Academic text (2000) -
As our results are based on correlative evidence alone, there is a need to consider alternative explanations.
Academic text (2018) -
If there is no right to be rescued, there is no correlative obligation for the government to enforce.
Academic text (2018) -
In other words, visual values are correlative; as one increases, the other diminishes.
Academic text (2013) -
You, however, are now burdened by a correlative obligation to defer to my decisions concerning X.
Academic text (1990) -
The teacher explained that correlative adjectives must be used in pairs for proper sentence structure.
Synonyms
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2.3
Connected by topic or cause, like documents about the same event
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3.9
Having the same position, job, or purpose
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4.3
Connected so that each part affects the others
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6.8
Relating to a connection between two things shown by data
A connection between two things where changes in one link to changes in the other
Closely connected so one thing changes when another does
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word correlative comes from the parts co- ('together') and relate ('to link'). So something correlative is 'linked together' or matching another thing, which is why we use it for things that correspond to each other, like the paired words 'both...and'.