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correlative

[kuh-rel-uh-tiv]

cor·rel·a·tive

[kuh-rel-uh-tiv]
adjective
1.
so related that each implies or complements the other.
2.
being in correlation; mutually related.
3.
Grammar. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but.
4.
Biology. (of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.
noun
5.
either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
6.
Grammar. a correlative expression.

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Correlative is always a great word to know.
So is ampersand. Does it mean:
a character or symbol (&) for and
a circumflex mark or accent.
Also, especially British, corelative.


Origin:
1520–30; < Medieval Latin correlātīvus. See cor-, relative

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
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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
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correlative (kɒˈrɛlətɪv)
 
adj
1.  in mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship; corresponding
2.  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
 
n
3.  either of two things that are correlative
4.  a correlative word
 
cor'relatively
 
adv
 
cor'relativeness
 
n
 
correla'tivity
 
n

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