contrast
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- contrast
- contrast: see statue
- contrast (v.)
- 1690s, from French contraster (Old French contrester), modified by or from Italian contrastare "stand out against, strive, contend," from Vulgar Latin *contrastare "to withstand," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Middle English had contrest "to fight against, to withstand," which became extinct. Modern word re-introduced as an art term. Related: Contrasted; contrasting; contrastive.
- contrast (n.)
- 1711, from contrast (v.).
Example
- 1. What accounts for this stark contrast ?
- 2. In contrast , most downstream flows go into dollars and euros .
- 3. The numbers for deficits show an even greater contrast .
- 4. But this contrast is not what it seems .
- 5. You can use brightness contrast to make colours sharp .