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is each of a pair of words used to link corresponding parts of a sentence, e.g. both...and..., either...or..., neither...nor.... Correlatives that involve a subordinate clause include hardly...when... and if...then....

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noun

Something closely resembling or analogous to something else: analogue, congener, correlate, correspondent, counterpart, match, parallel. See same/different/compare.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Having a reciprocal relationship in that the existence of one relationship normally implies the existence of the other.

Mother and child, and duty and claim, are correlative terms.

In the law governing gas and oil transactions, a correlative right is the opportunity of each owner of land making up part of a common source of supply of oil and gas to produce an equitable share of such products.

In the law governing water rights, the correlative rights doctrine gives the individual owners of land overlying a strata of percolating waters limited rights to use the water reasonably when there is not enough water to meet the needs of everyone in the area.

For a list of words related to correlative, see:

• Grammar and Usage - correlative: word used regularly in association with another word, such as the conjunctions “either” and “or”
• Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - correlative: (adj) related as reciprocal proofs

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - korrelativ, indbyrdes sammenhængende
n. - korrelativt ord/ting

Nederlands (Dutch)
correlatief

Français (French)
adj. - corrélatif
n. - corrélatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - korrelativ, wechselseitig
n. - Korrelat

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συσχετικός, αλληλοεξαρτώμενος, αλληλένδετος, (γραμμ.) συσχετικός
n. - (γραμμ.) συσχετική λέξη

Italiano (Italian)
correlativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - correlativo (m)

Русский (Russian)
тесно связанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - correlativo, en forma correlativa
n. - correlativo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - korrelativ, motsvarande
n. - korrelat ord

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有相互关系的, 相关的, 有相互关系的物, 关连词, 相关语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有相互關係的, 相關的
n. - 有相互關係的物, 關連詞, 相關語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 상관적인, 유사한
n. - 상관물, 상관어구

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 相関的な, 相関の
n. - 相関物, 相関語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو علاقه متبادله, ذو صله, مرتبط, مترابط (الاسم) أحد الأمرين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעלי קשר הדדי‬
n. - ‮מילה או דבר הקשורים הדדית‬

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