Definitions for correlative

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correlative cor·rel·a·tive

Spelling: [kuh-rel-uh-tiv]

IPA: /kəˈrɛl ə tɪv/

Correlative is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 902 anagrams from letters in correlative (aceeilorrtv).

Definitions for correlative

noun

1. either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
2. Grammar. a correlative expression.

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.

Origin of correlative

From the Medieval Latin word correlātīvus, dating back to 1520-30. See cor-, relative

Examples for correlative

The correlative of not, when it stands in the first member of a sentence, is nor or neither.

These are correlative, and one cannot exist without the other.

We have here scientific insight, and its correlative caution.

The word gentleman has not any correlative abstract to express the quality.

We are only concerned here with the correlative differences.

It is correlative with black, which is the opposite extreme of neutrality.

All relatives, then, if properly defined, have a correlative.

He is the compend of time; he is also the correlative of nature.

This duty to serve the country is correlative to the right to be a citizen.

It is correlative to chastity and decency, but covers a far wider field.