🔤 Adversative ✨

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URDU

تخسیمی، مخالفانہ، اضدادی، منافی، متضاد

🅰️ Roman Urdu:

takhseemi, mukhalifana, izdadi, manafi, mutazad

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ENGLISH

📚adjective

adversative

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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ædˈvɜːrsətɪv/

Phonetic: /ad vur suh tiv/

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DEFINITION

expressing opposition or contrast, showing contrast between clauses, adversative conjunction

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The word but is an adversative conjunction that connects two contrasting ideas in a single sentence. In grammar, adversative relations show a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. The adversative phrase however signals a shift in the direction of the argument. Languages use different adversative markers to show opposition between clauses and ideas. The teacher explained that adversative conjunctions such as yet and still introduce unexpected contrasts.

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