Definitions for descriptive
dɪˈskrɪp tɪvde·scrip·tive

Princeton's WordNet(4.20 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. descriptiveadjective

   serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

   "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"

2. descriptiveadjective

   describing the structure of a language

   "descriptive grammar"

Wiktionary(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. descriptivenoun

   An adjective (or other descriptive word)

   Etymology: From descriptivus

2. descriptiveadjective

   Of, or relating to description.

   Etymology: From descriptivus

3. descriptiveadjective

   Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).

   Etymology: From descriptivus

4. descriptiveadjective

   Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

   Etymology: From descriptivus

5. descriptiveadjective

   Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

   Etymology: From descriptivus

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Descriptiveadjective

   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

   Etymology: [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. descriptive

   The use of language to describe.

   The article was descriptive and accurate to describe the definition.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020  

How to pronounce descriptive?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say descriptive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of descriptive in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of descriptive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of descriptive in a Sentence

1. Brian McNoldy:

   The cone graphics try to be everything to everyone, and the end result is a complicated graphic that might not necessarily meet its goals, although all of its components are described on the graphic itself, people don't always read legends or descriptive text.

2. Elissa Weitzman:

   Social media data could provide descriptive information about health histories and behaviors that are helpful for building out the ` digital health phenotype ’ for patients, in a perfect, creative and well worked through digitally enabled world, real-time mining of social media content could be revealing allergies, medications or health problems that are otherwise unknown which could alter treatment decisions in an emergency situation and be life-saving.

3. Raj Dasgupta:

   We're talking loud, obnoxious snoring, the type that would drown out conversations or be heard through closed doors, some of the very descriptive bed partners of my patients with obstructive sleep apnea describe their partners' snores as listening to a' dying bear' or a scene from' Jurassic Park,'.

4. Daniel Cameron:

   Today, the published literature is very descriptive on all the problems that happen. It’s just that doctors are divided and it’s not clear why there’s disagreement on something that’s so common.

5. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.:

   It was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of men-where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same time.

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