adjective
- having a mutual relationship; corresponding to each other
noun
- either of two things having a mutual relationship
- a word or expression that is regularly used with another
Usage: grammar
Examples
- There is a correlative relationship between education and income levels.
- The rights and duties of citizens are correlative concepts.
- In grammar, 'either…or' are correlative conjunctions.
- Supply and demand are economic correlatives.
- The correlative of freedom is responsibility.
- These correlative terms must be understood together.