a. [ L. adversativus, fr. adversari. ] Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
(n) the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings, Syn.adversative conjunction
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, a. [L. adversativus, fr.
adversari.]
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an
adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an
adversative force. -- {Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly}, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, n.
An adversative word. --Harris.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adversative
adj 1: expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative
conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn:
{adversative}, {oppositive}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
