CONTRASTIVE

Meaning of CONTRASTIVE in English

/ kənˈtrɑːstɪv; NAmE -ˈtræst-/ adjective

( linguistics ) showing the differences between languages :

a contrastive analysis of British and Australian English

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

CONTRASTIVE — adjective Date: 1841 forming or consisting of a contrast, ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CONTRASTIVE — kən.ˈtrastiv, -raas-, -rais- also -rȧs-; (ˈ)kän.|-; -tēv also -təv adjective : forming or consisting of a contrast : contrasting • …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE — — contrastively , adv. /keuhn tras"tiv/ , adj. 1. tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors. 2. studying or exhibiting the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE — adj. opposing, contrasting; (Linguistics) of the study of the similarities and differences between two languages
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CONTRASTIVE — adjective Date: 1841 : forming or consisting of a contrast • con·tras·tive·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONTRASTIVE — [con.tras.tive] adj (1841): forming or consisting of a contrast -- con.tras.tive.ly adv
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONTRASTIVE — contrastive BrE AmE kən ˈtrɑːst ɪv § ( ˌ ) kɒn-, § -ˈtræst- AmE \ -ˈtræst- ▷ contrastive|ly li ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CONTRASTIVE — adj. Contrastive is used with these nouns: ↑ linguistics
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE — (книжное) сравнительный - * studies сравнительные изыскания
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTRASTIVE — a книжн. сравнительный contrastive studies - сравнительные изыскания
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONTRASTIVE — (a) сравнительный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CONTRASTIVE — a книжн. сравнительный ~ studies - сравнительные изыскания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CONTRASTIVE — a книжн. сравнительный contrastive studies - сравнительные изыскания
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CONTRASTIVE — сопоставительный ( напр. об анализе )
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
CONTRASTIVE — сопоставительный (напр. об анализе)
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
CONTRASTIVE — (книжное) сравнительный - * studies сравнительные изыскания
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTRASTIVE — adj. Pronunciation: k ə n- ' tras-tiv, ' kän- ˌ Function: adjective Date: 1841 : forming or consisting of a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS — noun : a branch of linguistics concerned with showing the differences and similarities in the structure of at least two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVE STRESS — Phonet. a stress imposed on a word or syllable contrary to its normal accentuation in order to contrast it with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTRASTIVELY — adverb see: contrastive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CONTRASTIVELY — adverb see contrastive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIGNAL — I. ˈsignəl, -n ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French seignal, segnel, signal, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOB — I. noun also nob ˈnäb ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English knobbe; akin to Middle Low German knubbe, knobbe knot …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTEST — I. kənˈtest also ˈkänˌt- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French contester, from Latin contestari to call to witness & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOMAN — — womanless , adj. /woom"euhn/ , n. , pl. women /wim"in/ , v. , adj. n. 1. the female human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONEME — /toh"neem/ , n. a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language: Swedish has two tonemes. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STREAK — — streakedly /streekt"lee, stree"kid lee/ , adv. — streakedness , n. — streaker , n. — streaklike , adj. /streek/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETRONYM — /re"treuh nim/ , n. a term, such as acoustic guitar, coined in modification of the original referent that was used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NONCONTRASTIVE — /non'keuhn tras"tiv/ , adj. 1. not contrastive. 2. Ling. in complementary distribution; in free variation. [ 1960-65; NON- + CONTRASTIVE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN — man 1 — manless , adj. — manlessly , adv. — manlessness , n. — manness , n. /man/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-EME — a suffix used principally in linguistics to form nouns with the sense "significant contrastive unit," at the level of language …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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