"correlative" meaning in English

See correlative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more correlative [comparative], most correlative [superlative]
Etymology: correlate + -ive or cor- + relative Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|correlate|ive}} correlate + -ive, {{af|en|cor-|relative}} cor- + relative Head templates: {{en-adj}} correlative (comparative more correlative, superlative most correlative)
  1. Mutually related; corresponding. Translations (mutually related): korreloiva (Finnish), korrelatiivinen (Finnish), cocheintagh (Manx), correlativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-correlative-en-adj-Fm83-16g

Noun

Forms: correlatives [plural]
Etymology: correlate + -ive or cor- + relative Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|correlate|ive}} correlate + -ive, {{af|en|cor-|relative}} cor- + relative Head templates: {{en-noun}} correlative (plural correlatives)
  1. (formal) Either of two correlative things. Tags: formal Synonyms: equivalent, analogue Translations (correlative thing): korrelaatti (Finnish), correlato [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-correlative-en-noun-oi1cyjUj Disambiguation of 'correlative thing': 100 0
  2. (grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form Categories (topical): Grammar, Statistics Translations (grammar term): vaste (Finnish), corrélatif (French)
    Sense id: en-correlative-en-noun-EgndevYk Disambiguation of Statistics: 20 18 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cor-, English terms suffixed with -ive, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 13 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 17 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cor-: 18 16 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 18 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 15 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 17 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 15 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 12 75 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar term': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: objective correlative

Inflected forms

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