Definición de "contrast"
Formas de la palabra: plural, 3rd person singular present tense contrasts, present participle contrasting
, past tense, past participle contrasted
pronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (kɒntrɑːst
, -træst
). The verb is pronounced (kəntrɑːst
, -træst
).
1. sustantivo variable
A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
3.
See in contrast
5. verbo
If you contrast one thing with another, you point out or consider the differences between those things.
7. sustantivo incontable
Contrast is the degree of difference between the darker and lighter parts of a photograph, television picture, or painting.
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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
contrast in British English
sustantivo (ˈkɒntrɑːst
)
2.
distinction or emphasis of difference by comparison of opposite or dissimilar things, qualities, etc (esp in the phrases by contrast, in contrast to or with)
5.
a.
6. psychology
the phenomenon that when two different but related stimuli are presented close together in space and/or time they are perceived as being more different than they really are
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Formas derivadas
contrastable (conˈtrastable) adjetivo
contrastably (conˈtrastably)
adverbio
contrasting (conˈtrasting)
adjetivo
contrastive (conˈtrastive)
adjetivo
contrastively (conˈtrastively)
adverbio
Origen de la palabra contrast
C16: (n): via French from Italian, from contrastare (vb), from Latin contra- against + stare to stand
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
contrast in American English
verbo transitivo
1.
to compare so as to point out the differences; set off against one another
verbo intransitivo
2.
to show differences when compared; form a contrast
sustantivo
3.
a contrasting or being contrasted
4.
a difference, esp. a striking difference, between things being compared
5.
a person or thing showing differences when compared with another
6.
the effect of a striking difference, as in color or tone, of adjacent parts of a painting, photograph, video-screen image, etc.
SIMILAR WORDS: comˈpare
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Formas derivadas
contrastable (conˈtrastable)
adjetivo
contrastive (conˈtrastive)
adjetivo
Origen de la palabra contrast
Fr contraster < It & VL *contrastare, to withstand < L contra, against + stare, to standFrecuencia de uso de la palabra
contrast in American English
(verb kənˈtræst, ˈkɑntræst, noun ˈkɑntræst)
verbo transitivo
1.
to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures,
purposes, etc., of
Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks
verbo intransitivo
2.
to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; form a contrast
3. Linguistics
to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings
The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words “pin” and “bin”
sustantivo
SYNONYMS 1. differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, oppose.4.
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted
5.
a striking exhibition of unlikeness
6.
a person or thing that is strikingly unlike in comparison
The weather down here is a welcome contrast to what we're having back home
7.
opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines, or colors in a work of art to intensify each element's properties and produce a more dynamic expressiveness
9. Television
the brightness ratio of the lightest to the darkest part of the television screen image
10. Linguistics
a difference between linguistic elements, esp. sounds, that can serve to distinguish meanings
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Formas derivadas
contrastable adjetivo
contrastably
adverbio
contrastingly
adverbio
Origen de la palabra contrast
[1480–90; (v.) ‹ MF contraster ‹ It contrastare to contest ‹ L contrā- contra-1 + stāre to stand; (n.) earlier contraste ‹ F ‹ It contrasto conflict, deriv. of contrastare]Ejemplos de frases que contienen "contrast"
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Inglés británico: contrast
/ˈkɒntrɑːst/ NOUN
A contrast is a great difference between two or more things.
...the contrast between town and country.
- Inglés americano: contrast /ˈkɒntræst/
- Árabe: تَبايُن
- Portugués brasileño: contraste
- Chino: 对照
- Croata: kontrast
- Checo: protiklad
- Danés: kontrast
- Holandés: contrast
- Español europeo: contraste
- Finlandés: kontrasti
- Francés: contraste
- Alemán: Kontrast
- Griego: αντίθεση
- Italiano: contrasto
- Japonés: 相違
- Coreano: 대조
- Noruego: kontrast
- Polaco: kontrast
- Portugués: contraste
- Rumano: contrast
- Ruso: контраст
- Español: contraste
- Sueco: kontrast
- Tailandés: ความแตกต่าง, ความตรงกันข้าม
- Turco: zıtlık
- Ucraniano: контраст
- Vietnamita: sự tương phản
Inglés británico: contrast
VERB /kənˈtræst/
If you contrast one thing with another, you point out or consider the differences between those things.
She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis.
- Inglés americano: contrast /kənˈtræst/
- Portugués brasileño: comparar
- Chino: 对比事物以指出不同点
- Español europeo: contrastar
- Francés: contraster
- Alemán: gegenüberstellen
- Italiano: contrapporre
- Japonés: 対比する
- Coreano: 대조시키다
- Portugués: comparar
- Español: contrastar
- Tailandés: ชี้ให้เห็นข้อแตกต่าง
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