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1. (adj.) descriptive
serving to describe; characterized by description:
a descriptive passage in an essay.
2. descriptive
(of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk.
3. descriptive
nonrestrictive:
a descriptive clause.
4. descriptive
noting, concerned with, or based upon experience or observation.
5. descriptive
characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field:
descriptive botany.
6. descriptive
based on or concerned with the actual usage of speakers of a language without reference to norms of correctness or advocacy of rules based on such norms:
descriptive grammar.
Etymology: (1745–55; < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) descriptive
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
"the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"
2. (adj) descriptive
describing the structure of a language
"descriptive grammar"
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1. (adjective) descriptive
describing what sth is like
descriptive language
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1. (adj) descriptive
tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age
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