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correlative

Pronunciation: /kəˈrɛlətɪv/

Definition of correlative

adjective

  • having a mutual relationship; corresponding:rights, whether moral or legal, can involve correlative duties
  • Grammar (of words such as neither and nor) corresponding to each other and regularly used together.

noun

  • a word or concept that has a mutual relationship with another word or concept:the child’s right to education is a correlative of the parent’s duty to send the child to school

Derivatives

correlatively

adverb

correlativity

Pronunciation: /-ˈtɪvɪti/

noun

Origin:

mid 16th century: from medieval Latin correlativus, from cor- 'together' + late Latin relativus (see relative)

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Definition of correlative in the US English dictionary

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