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Adversative in a sentence

Adversative meaning

  1. Expressing opposition or difference.
  2. Expressing adverse effect.

Synonyms of Adversative

oppositive disjunctive

Related words

Other words often associated with Adversative or its synonyms:

alternative separative intervening contrastive conjunctive divisional partitive dividing

Using Adversative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Expressing opposition or difference. | Expressing adverse effect.
  • Useful related words include: oppositive, disjunctive.
  • In the example corpus, adversative often appears in combinations such as: adversative passive.

Context around Adversative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

passive 3× replication 1× meaning 1×

Sentence patterns with Adversative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

adversative passive some 1× adversative replication can 1× has an adversative meaning 1× indirect or adversative passive has 1× so called adversative passive works 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

adversative passive some 1× adversative replication can 1× the indirect or 1× the morpheme cir 1×

Common sentence endings:

acts as subject 1× against other memes 1× an adversative meaning 1× the direct passive 1× unpleasant or undesirable 1×

Words around Adversative

Just before it in the word index:

adversary 267 adversaries 373 adversarially 2 adversarial 120 adverbs 74 adverbially 3

Just after it in the word index:

adverse 973 adversely 324 adversities 41 adversity 343 adversus 8 advert 276

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Adversative

  • In this selection, "adversative" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, passive, replication and meaning stand out and add context to how "adversative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include adversative passive some and adversative replication can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "adversative" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with adversative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The morpheme -cir- has an adversative meaning. (7 words)

The indirect or adversative passive has the same form as the direct passive. (13 words)

Adversative replication can give an advantage in meme transmission when the meme itself encourages aggression against other memes. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Adversative passive Some languages, including several Southeast Asian languages, use a form of passive voice to indicate that an action or event was unpleasant or undesirable. (26 words)

This so-called adversative passive works like the ordinary passive voice in terms of syntactic structure that is, a theme or instrument acts as subject. (25 words)

Adversative replication can give an advantage in meme transmission when the meme itself encourages aggression against other memes. (18 words)

Example sentences (5)

Adversative passive Some languages, including several Southeast Asian languages, use a form of passive voice to indicate that an action or event was unpleasant or undesirable.

Adversative replication can give an advantage in meme transmission when the meme itself encourages aggression against other memes.

The indirect or adversative passive has the same form as the direct passive.

The morpheme -cir- has an adversative meaning.

This so-called adversative passive works like the ordinary passive voice in terms of syntactic structure that is, a theme or instrument acts as subject.

Common combinations with adversative

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "adversative" in a sentence?
An example: "Adversative passive Some languages, including several Southeast Asian languages, use a form of passive voice to indicate that an action or event was unpleasant or undesirable." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "adversative" from authentic English texts.
What does "adversative" mean?
Adversative means: Expressing opposition or difference.
What are synonyms of "adversative"?
Common synonyms of "adversative" include: oppositive, disjunctive.
How many example sentences with "adversative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "adversative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.