contrast
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“to resist", "to withstand”), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin contra (“against”) + stare (“to stand”)
Pronunciation [edit]
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- Rhymes: -ɑːst
Noun [edit]
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.
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
Translations [edit]
difference that makes colours more or less distinguishable
degree of this difference
difference between two objects, people or concepts
control on a television, etc
Verb [edit]
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.
- Lyell
- The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between
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to form a contrast
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