correlative
so related that each implies or complements the other.
being in correlation; mutually related.
Grammar. answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as either and or, not only and but.
Biology. (of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.
either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
Grammar. a correlative expression.
Origin of correlative
1- Also especially British, co·rel·a·tive .
Other words from correlative
- 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
- 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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How to use correlative in a sentence
In the Anti-Corn Law movement the two speakers were the complements and correlatives of each other.
True Beauty and true Power are the correlatives one of the other.
The Hidden Power | Thomas TrowardThese are the correlatives in the sphere of action to the two cardinal points of Criticism and Belief in the sphere of thought.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) | John MorleyMen and women are unlike not only in "the subtlest physical differences" which "may have their fine mental correlatives."
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyThe limits of magic or its correlatives in the lower stages of culture are thus far undecided.
British Dictionary definitions for correlative
/ (kɒˈrɛlətɪv) /
in mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship; corresponding
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
either of two things that are correlative
a correlative word
Derived forms of correlative
- correlatively, adverb
- correlativeness or correlativity, noun
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