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Meaning of "adversative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADVERSATIVE

adversative  [ədˈvɜːsətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADVERSATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adversative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADVERSATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adversative in the English dictionary

The definition of adversative in the dictionary is implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses. Other definition of adversative is an adversative word or speech element.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADVERSATIVE


administrative
ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv
alternative
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv
compulsative
kəmˈpʌlsətɪv
conversative
kənˈvɜːsətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
defensative
dɪˈfensətɪv
dispensative
dɪsˈpensətɪv
fixative
ˈfɪksətɪv
incrassative
ɪnˈkræsətɪv
initiative
ɪˈnɪʃɪətɪv
intensative
ɪnˈtensətɪv
intensitive
ɪnˈtɛnsətɪv
laxative
ˈlæksətɪv
negative
ˈnɛɡətɪv
pulsative
ˈpʌlsətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
relaxative
rɪˈlæksətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
taxative
ˈtæksətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADVERSATIVE

adverbial
adverbialise
adverbialize
adverbially
advergaming
adversaria
adversarial
adversaries
adversariness
adversary
adversatively
adverse
adverse possession
adverse pressure gradient
adversely
adverseness
adversities
adversity
advert
advertence

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADVERSATIVE

active
comparative
conservative
creative
cumulative
derivative
illustrative
imperative
in the negative
indicative
informative
innovative
investigative
legislative
narrative
native
operative
qualitative
quantitative
sales representative
tentative

Synonyms and antonyms of adversative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adversative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADVERSATIVE

Find out the translation of adversative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adversative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adversative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

转折
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adversativa
570 millions of speakers

English

adversative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरोधसूचक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

adversative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

противительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adversativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈপরীত্যজ্ঞাপক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adversatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersusah payah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adversative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対立
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

adversative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adversative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản đối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

adversative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिकूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşıt fikir belirten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avversativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeciwstawny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протівітельний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adversativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιθετικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Teenstelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adversative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adversativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adversative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADVERSATIVE»

The term «adversative» is normally little used and occupies the 129.299 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADVERSATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adversative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adversative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adversative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADVERSATIVE»

Discover the use of adversative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adversative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Academic ...
Eija Suomela-Salmi, Fred Dervin. Adversative rhetorical strategies have also been the subject of study of those analysts of academic writing who examined the use of linguistic devices for attenuating the strength of propositions, referred to as  ...
Eija Suomela-Salmi, Fred Dervin, 2009
2
On Interpreting Construction Schemas: From Action and Motion ...
An. adversative. passive. in. English: in. search. of. origins. Junichi. Toyota. 1. Introduction1 The English passive, at least at the synchronic level, involves two auxiliaries, i.e. be and get, and synchronic studies of the so-called get- passive ...
Nicole Delbecque, Bert Cornillie, 2007
3
Creoles, Their Substrates, and Language Typology
Adversative and non-adversative passive sentences containing give and kena judged as acceptable by respondents, in percentage* (9a, b) are adversative, and (9a', b') are neutral, i.e. non- adversative. For each sentence, the respondents ...
Claire Lefebvre, 2011
4
South Slavic Discourse Particles
Semantic analysis of the adversative conjunctions ama and no The GSBKE distinguishes between several types of adversative constructions, all of which are expressed by the conjunction no and by extension ama. The first is so- called strong ...
Mirjana N. Dedai?, Mirjana Miskovi?-Lukovi?, 2010
5
The Grammar of Romanian
C. In the third type of adversative relation, the second conjunct expresses thematic contrast, signalling the fact that the theme of the sentence has changed; the conjunction iar is specialized for this type of relation. The adversative meaning of ...
Gabriela Panã Dindelegan, 2013
6
Studies in the Linguistic Structure of Classical Arabic
Naftālî Qînberg, Leah Kinberg, C. H. M. Versteegh. CAUSAL AND ADVERSATIVE MEANINGS OF THE PARTICLE LAKIN IN ARABIC The Arabic coordinating particle ldkin generally has an adversative meaning, and is rendered by the English ...
Naftālî Qînberg, Leah Kinberg, C. H. M. Versteegh, 2001
7
A Grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY)
To sum, medialization of P and A for i) patientive monotransitive verbs is obviously parallel to that of EADV and A (with demoted P) for 11) adversative trivalent verbs, the former being responsible for (medial) intransitives and the latter for ...
Osahito Miyaoka, 2012
8
Linguistic Studies Offered to Berthe Siertsema
In languages where no distinction is made (in syntax or lexicon) between adversative and eliminative coordination, we may suppose that a listener confronted with the sequence not M, but starts interpreting the sequence as an adversative ...
D. J. van Alkemade, 1980
9
Benefactives and Malefactives: Typological Perspectives and ...
(2a) is an example of the Japanese adversative passive based on a transitive verb. As (2b) shows, the passive subject is not an argument of the base verb hiku 'play a musical instrument': (2) a. Taro-wa Hanako-ni piano-o hik-are-ta. Taro-top  ...
Fernando Zúñiga, Seppo Kittilä, 2010
10
Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Similarly, in the adversative conventionalized scenario illustrated in 3 a in Figure 1, the energy transfer to the causer is weakened, as the causer of an adversative act is not an intentional Agent, but is an unintentional Effector (Van Valin & La ...
Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg, Antonio Barcelona, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADVERSATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adversative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Global Lung Cancer Therapeutics Market to grow at a CAGR of …
However, the adversative side effects of lung cancer therapeutic drugs could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. Browse Ongoing ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
2
Keep pounding away and eventually Japanese will reveal its secrets
... incorporates ukemi (受け身, the passive voice) to imply an adversative experience. Here you strap on a few extra syllables and saseru (させる, ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
3
UEFA license fiasco: Another blunder for Genoa management
... have perhaps saved the Genoa from selling one of their best players this season, but instead this situation could have an adversative effect. «Forza Italian Football, Jun 15»
4
Most influential Jews in law
... despite its argument that the type of “adversative” and physical training it used was unsuited for women. The move capped her career as one ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, May 15»
5
Modi's Visit to China
The visit exposes India's quest for super regional dominance, its adversative approach behind its soft power image, and its strategic move to ... «The Nation, May 15»
6
Greenlight Capital Re (NASDAQ:GLRE) broadcasts a subdued …
This ratio was moderately affected due to the adversative effect of improvement on the contacts affecting to prior years as also the effect of ... «Global Viral News, Feb 15»
7
Conquering Animal Sound - Talking Shapes [EP]
A silly recorder riff is introduced early, while the track is still relatively peaceful, and swiftly becomes submerged, acting as adversative to ... «The 405, Oct 14»
8
The Faith of Jesus Christ
It is usually taken as an adversative (“a man is not justified by the works of the law but rather by the pistis Christou”), but it can have “exceptive ... «First Things, Sep 14»
9
Kerala: Fatwa issued against ISIS by prominent Muslim cleric
... religious diktat where he articulated that any kind of favor towards terrorist organizations like these is said adversative to the Islamic Shariah. «Daily Bhaskar, Aug 14»
10
You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…
At bottom, “de” is contrastive, though not strongly adversative. As a narrative conjunction, “de” is most often used to turn the hearer's attention to ... «Patheos, Feb 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Adversative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/adversative>. Apr 2024 ».
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