Dictionary
cor•rel•a•tive
Pronunciation: (ku-rel'u-tiv), [key]—
adj.
1. so related that each implies or complements the other.
2. being in correlation; mutually related.
3. Gram.answering to or complementing one another and regularly used in association, as
either and
or, not only and
but.
4. Biol.(of a typical structure of an organism) found in correlation with another.
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n.
1. either of two things, as two terms, that are correlative.
2. Gram.a correlative expression.
Also, esp. Brit.,corelative.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.