01 a. Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
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Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.“Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms.” — Hume.
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Correlative
02 n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.
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One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing.“Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives.” — Spelman.
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The antecedent of a pronoun.(Gram.)