Definition of adversative in English:
adversative
adjective ədˈvəːsətɪvədˈvərsədɪv
Grammar (of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis.
Example sentencesExamples
- In Russian, there are three adversative conjunctions.
- This article will deal with a series of adversative conjunctions.
- The French ‘cela dit’ is adversative, whereas the English ‘that is to say’ conveys equivalency.
- Davie qualifies bold assertions and subordinate escape-clauses, paradoxical epithets and sentences opening with an adversative link.
- A paraphrase may be achieved by taking two short sentences and joining them together with an adversative connector.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French adversatif, -ive or late Latin adversativus, from Latin adversari 'oppose', from adversus (see adverse).
Definition of adversative in US English:
adversative
adjectiveədˈvərsədivədˈvərsədɪv
Grammar (of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis.
Example sentencesExamples
- Davie qualifies bold assertions and subordinate escape-clauses, paradoxical epithets and sentences opening with an adversative link.
- This article will deal with a series of adversative conjunctions.
- In Russian, there are three adversative conjunctions.
- The French ‘cela dit’ is adversative, whereas the English ‘that is to say’ conveys equivalency.
- A paraphrase may be achieved by taking two short sentences and joining them together with an adversative connector.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French adversatif, -ive or late Latin adversativus, from Latin adversari ‘oppose’, from adversus (see adverse).