contrast (verb)
11contrast*/*/ — [ˈkɒntrɑːst] noun I 1) [C/U] a noticeable difference between people or things There is a striking contrast between these two attitudes.[/ex] In contrast to deserts in the south, the northern part of the state is very green.[/ex] 2) [C] something… …
12contrast — 1. noun /ˈkɒntrɑːst,ˈkɑntræst,kənˈtrɑːst,kənˈtræst,ˈkɑntræst/ a) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. The red and the orange dont have much contrast between them mdash; …
13contrast — 1. noun 1) the contrast between rural and urban trends Syn: difference, dissimilarity, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, divergence, variance, variation, differentiation; contradiction, incongruity, opposition, polarity Ant …
14contrast — 1. noun 1) the contrast between rural and urban trends Syn: difference, dissimilarity, disparity, divergence, variance, distinction, comparison 2) Jane was a complete contrast to Sarah Syn: opposite, antithesis …
15contrast — noun kɒntrα:st 1》 the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association. ↘the degree of difference between tones in a television picture, photograph, etc. ↘enhancement of the apparent brightness …
16Irregular verb — In contrast to regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the languages in which they occur.When comparing languages, one measure often brought into play as one of the few quantitative …
17Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …
18Dependent and independent verb forms — In the Goidelic languages, dependent and independent verb forms are distinct verb forms; each tense of each verb exists in both forms. Verbs are often preceded by a particle which marks negation, or a question, or has some other force. The… …
19Ditransitive verb — In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects which refer to a recipient and a theme. According to certain linguistics considerations, these objects may be called direct and indirect, or primary and secondary.… …
20noun and verb differences — The following table lists differences of stress, pronunciation, and spelling when the same word is used as a noun and a verb, for example compound, escort, practice/practise, record, and use. Differences are marked by the letters s (= difference… …
