contrast
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“‘to resist", "to withstand’”), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin contra (“‘against’”) + stare (“‘to stand’”)
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- (verb)
- Rhymes: -ɑːst
[edit] Noun
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contrast (countable and uncountable; plural contrasts)
- (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
- (uncountable) The degree of this difference.
- The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
- (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
- Israel is a country of many contrasts.
- (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
[edit] Translations
difference that makes colours more or less distinguishable
difference between two objects, people or concepts
control on a television, etc
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[edit] Verb
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to contrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts, present participle contrasting, simple past and past participle contrasted)
- (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
- (intransitive) To form a contrast.
- Foreground and background strongly contrast.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between
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