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Meaning of "contrastive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTRASTIVE

contrastive  [kənˈtrɑːstɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTRASTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contrastive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTRASTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contrastive

Contrastive may refer to one of several concepts in linguistics: ▪ Contrast ▪ Contrastive linguistics ▪ Contrastive distribution ▪ Contrastive analysis ▪ Contrastive rhetoric ▪ Contrastive focus reduplication ▪ Contrastive stress ▪ Contrastive wa; see Japanese grammar ▪ Contrastive units, a basic unit of sound ▪ Chroneme ▪ Phoneme...

Definition of contrastive in the English dictionary

The definition of contrastive in the dictionary is denoting or consisting of a contrast. Other definition of contrastive is serving to differentiate one word from another.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTRASTIVE


adjustive
əˈdʒʌstɪv
aerodigestive
ˌɛərəʊdɪˈdʒɛstɪv
arrestive
əˈrestɪv
assistive
əˈsɪstɪv
combustive
kəmˈbʌstɪv
congestive
kənˈdʒɛstɪv
costive
ˈkɒstɪv
decongestive
ˌdɪkənˈdʒɛstɪv
digestive
dɪˈdʒɛstɪv
egestive
ɪˈdʒɛstɪv
exhaustive
ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv
festive
ˈfɛstɪv
indigestive
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv
inexhaustive
ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔːstɪv
ingestive
ɪnˈdʒɛstɪv
intempestive
ˌɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv
resistive
rɪˈzɪstɪv
restive
ˈrɛstɪv
suggestive
səˈdʒɛstɪv
tempestive
tɛmˈpɛstɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTRASTIVE

contrarious
contrariously
contrariousness
contrariwise
contrary
contrasexual
contrast
contrast medium
contrastable
contrasting
contrastively
contrasty
contrasuggestibility
contrasuggestible
contrasuggestion
contrate
contraterrene
contravallation
contravene
contravener

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTRASTIVE

active
alternative
automotive
autosuggestive
competitive
contragestive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
interactive
locorestive
maladjustive
native
negative
perspective
positive
relative
stive

Synonyms and antonyms of contrastive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contrastive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTRASTIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

对比
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrastivo
570 millions of speakers

English

contrastive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contrastive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التقابلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контрастивный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contrastiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contrastive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contrastive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kontrasif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kontras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対照的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대조적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contrastive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tương phản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

contrastive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरोधाभास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contrastive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contrastiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontrastowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контрастивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contrastive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπαράθεσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kontrastiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contrastive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kontra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contrastive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRASTIVE»

The term «contrastive» is regularly used and occupies the 105.752 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTRASTIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRASTIVE»

Discover the use of contrastive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contrastive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second ...
Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language.
Ulla Connor, 1996
2
Contrastive Pragmatics
This is illustrated by the present volume on Contrastive Pragmatics which brings together a number of articles originally presented at the 10th International Pragmatics Conference in Göteborg in 2007.
Karin Aijmer, 2011
3
Contrastive Rhetoric: Reaching to Intercultural Rhetoric
Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language.
Ulla Connor, Ed Nagelhout, William V. Rozycki, 2008
4
Further Insights Into Contrastive Analysis
This collection of papers reflects the scope of research and the range of interest of linguists who are involved in contrastive linguistics research.
Jacek Fisiak, 1990
5
Contrastive Rhetoric: Issues, Insights, and Pedagogy
An exploration of the field of contrastive rhetoric -- the study of how a person's first language and culture influence the acquisition of another language
Nagwa Kassabgy, Zaynab Ibrāhīm, Sabiha T. Aydelott, 2004
6
Contrastive Pragmatics
This volume deals with a variety of pragmatic issues involved in cross-language and interlanguage studies as well as second-language acquisition and cross-cultural studies.
Wieslaw Oleksy, 1989
7
Developing Contrastive Pragmatics: Interlanguage and ...
A collection of papers on Contrastive Pragmatics, involving research on interlanguage and cross-cultural perspectives with a focus on second language acquisition contexts.
Martin Pütz, JoAnne Neff-van Aertselaer, 2008
8
Contrastive Linguistics: Prospects and Problems
Based on papers presented at the 4th International Conference of Contrastive Projects held at Charzykowy, Poland, 3-6 Dec., 1980, which was sponsored by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
Jacek Fisiak, 1984
9
Corpus-based Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics and ...
This book is organized in three sections.
Sylviane Granger, Jacques Lerot, Stephanie Petch-Tyson, 2003
10
A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English
Compares the sounds, phonology, and prosody of General American English and Southeastern Brazilian Portuguese.
Milton M. Azevedo, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRASTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contrastive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2016 MINI Clubman makes its debut, gets first 8spd auto option
Inside there's a fresh new interior look, with a chunky steering wheel and red contrastive stitching throughout, as well as a large LCD screen ... «PerformanceDrive, Jun 15»
2
“Recycling”: A Potential Solution for Combating Vocabulary Attrition
One of these factors relates to the ineffectiveness of traditional applied linguistic techniques, such as contrastive analysis and error analysis, ... «Morocco World News, Jun 15»
3
What can Modi do for Dhaka?
However, this 19th trip is certainly going to be reasonably contrastive to the preceding ones. More so, since Indian eudemonia is directly ... «DhakaTribune, Jun 15»
4
Stephen Colbert shaves his 'Colbeard' in first 'Late Show' promo
With that said, it's unlikely he's going to be playing a parody of a contrastive talk show host like he did on Comedy Central. The video was ... «Hypable, Jun 15»
5
Inakaya Abu Dhabi recognised at the MEIDAA in Dubai
In a contrastive symmetry, the ceiling of the room that can be used for private dining displays a spectacular feature incorporating 2000 original ... «Zawya, Jun 15»
6
American flavours are a hit in fashionable Milan
Reassuringly black edges dot the corners and jutting ends of the ribs, providing a contrastive crunch to the very juicy bites of pork. The real ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
7
Peter Fingar: The Cognitive Computing Era is Upon Us
He is the co-inventor of the back propagation, the Boltzmann machine, and contrastive divergence training algorithms and is an important figure ... «PSFK, May 15»
8
Philosophy Department Boasts Record Number of Student …
A scholar of metaphysics, he is the author of “Some Challenges to a Contrastive Treatment of Grounding” in Thought: A Journal of Philosophy. «Syracuse University News, May 15»
9
Buffalo Wings, Milan Style
Reassuringly black edges dot the corners and jutting ends of the ribs, providing a contrastive crunch to the very juicy bites of pork. «New York Times, May 15»
10
What the Different Emoji Hearts of Instagram Mean
One recent study titled “A Contrastive Analysis of American and Japanese Online Communication: A Study of UMC Function and Usage in ... «Wired, May 15»

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