Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - contrast
Contrast
contrast
n. & v. --n. 1 a a juxtaposition or comparison showing striking differences. b a difference so revealed. 2 (often foll. by to) a thing or person having qualities noticeably different from another. 3 a the degree of difference between tones in a television picture or a photograph. b the change of apparent brightness or colour of an object caused by the juxtaposition of other objects. --v. (often foll. by with) 1 tr. distinguish or set together so as to reveal a contrast. 2 intr. have or show a contrast. Derivatives contrastingly adv. contrastive adj. Etymology: F contraste, contraster, f. It. contrasto f. med.L contrastare (as CONTRA-, stare stand)
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I. verb see: stand Date: 1646 transitive verb to set off in ~ ; compare or appraise in respect to differences , intransitive verb to form a ~, see: compare ~able adjective ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1711 1. juxtaposition of dissimilar elements (as color, tone, or emotion) in a work of art, degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture, 2. the difference or degree of difference between things having similar or comparable natures , comparison of similar objects to set off their dissimilar qualities ; the state of being so compared , a person or thing that exhibits differences when compared with another ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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