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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹɑːst/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kŏn'trăst

Definition 1:
• A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
• The degree of this difference.
Example: The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 2:
• A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.
• A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
Labels: countable

Definition 3:
• A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Example: Israel is a country of many contrasts.
Labels: countable

Definition 4:
• Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
Labels: countable

Definition 5:
• Antithesis.
Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Definition 6:
• Contrast medium
Labels: medicine, sciences, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɑːst/
Pronunciation (ENPR): kəntrăst'

Definition 1:
• To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To form a contrast.
Example: Foreground and background strongly contrast.
Example: The color of her dress contrasts very nicely with the black scarf around her neck.
Labels: intransitive, often, with with

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrast