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English Etymology From French contraster Italian contrastare ( “ to resist", "to withstand ” ) , from Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre , from Latin contrā ( “ against ” ) + stō, stāre ( “ to stand ” ) .
Pronunciation ( verb )
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /kənˈtɹɑːst/
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( US ) enPR : kəntrăst' , kŏn'trăst , IPA (key ) : /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/ , /ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ɹæst/ Rhymes: -ɑːst Noun contrast (countable and uncountable plural contrasts
( countable ) lightness , brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable .
( uncountable ) The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
( countable ) television , etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
( countable ) Israel is a country of many contrasts .
1908 Zollenstein , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast : Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
1851 Herman Melville , Moby Dick ... there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast .
( countable ) 2001 Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary , page 746 :Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship?
( countable , uncountable , rhetoric ) Antithesis .Derived terms Translations 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 contrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts present participle contrasting simple past and past participle contrasted
( transitive ) ( intransitive ) Foreground and background strongly contrast .
1845 Charles Lyell , Lyell's Travels in North America :The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars.
Antonyms (antonym(s) of " to show difference" : liken Derived terms Translations to set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between
See also Catalan Etymology Deverbal from contrastar
Pronunciation Noun contrast m plural contrasts or contrastos
contrast References Further reading Dutch Etymology Borrowed from French contraste Middle French contraste Italian contrasto
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /kɔnˈtrɑst/ Hyphenation: con‧trast
Rhymes: -ɑst Noun contrast n plural contrasten diminutive contrastje n
A contrast Synonym: tegenstelling Related terms Romanian Etymology Borrowed from French contraste
Noun contrast n plural contraste
contrast Declension