Definitions for contrasts

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contrasts con·trast

Spelling: [verb kuh n-trast, kon-trast; Contrasts is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 417 anagrams from letters in contrasts (acnorsstt).

Definitions for contrasts

noun

1. the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
2. a striking exhibition of unlikeness.
3. a person or thing that is strikingly unlike in comparison:
4. opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines, or colors in a work of art to intensify each element's properties and produce a more dynamic expressiveness.
5. Photography. the relative difference between light and dark areas of a print or negative.
6. Television. the brightness ratio of the lightest to the darkest part of the television screen image.
7. Linguistics. a difference between linguistic elements, especially sounds, that can serve to distinguish meanings.

verb (used with object)

1. to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of:

verb (used without object)

1. to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast.
2. Linguistics. to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings: .

Origin of contrasts

1480-90; (verb) Middle French contraster Italian contrastare to contest Latincontrā- contra-¹ + stāre to stand; (noun) earlier

Examples for contrasts

His love of reputation is characteristically Greek, and contrasts with the humility of Socrates.

These contrasts might, indeed, be tragic enough, but they are actually comic.

He talked about monochrome color-blocks and an absolute positioning of the Fendi image: contrasts with visual harmony.

All of this contrasts markedly with pre-recession policies, especially what has come to be known as the “Beckham Law.”

It contrasts "foe and friend," just as the sonnet contrasts "love and hate."

This contrasts with many urban regions, where close-in areas just beyond downtowns have been actually losing population.

The contrasts were so cruel that they scorched the eyes of the soul.

Recognition of contrasts (the presentation of the extremes of a series of objects).

Viewers love the show because it contrasts rich and poor, upstairs and down, particularly when the two worlds collide.

That contrasts with a 49 to 48 percent advantage for Democrats in the other 37 states.