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  • noun Plural form of correlative.

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Examples

  • Pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, which are related to each other as corresponding demonstratives, interrogatives, relatives, etc., are called "correlatives".

    A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

  • Another new feature is the gradual introduction of correlative words in their logical order, and in their proper grammatical categories, before they are called "correlatives," or tabulated.

    A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

  • "correlatives" so as to display the logical structure of his system.

    Rights Wenar, Leif 2007

  • Properly given correlatives describe only the relationship

    Notes on Aristotle's "Categories" Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Properly given correlatives describe only the relationship

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • In "Believing the Lie," as often as not, the terrain and the weather are objective correlatives to the characters' stormy patches.

    In Brief: Mysteries 2012

  • And, finally, at another missile base I got to hold and twist the launch keys, the objective correlatives of the apocalypse.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • In most cases, correlatives are simultaneous in nature

    Notes on Aristotle's "Categories" Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • And, finally, at another missile base I got to hold and twist the launch keys, the objective correlatives of the apocalypse.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • In most cases, correlatives are simultaneous in nature

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

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