DESCRIPTIVE

descriptive

(adjective) of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language’s forms, structures and usage; “descriptive grammar”

descriptive

(adjective) serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; “the descriptive variable”; “a descriptive passage”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

descriptive (comparative more descriptive, superlative most descriptive)

Of, relating to, or providing a description.

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

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

(science, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

Antonyms

• (science): prescriptive, normative, non-descriptive

Hyponyms

• self-descriptive

Noun

descriptive (plural descriptives)

(grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)

Anagrams

• discerptive

Source: Wiktionary

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De*scrip"tive, a. Etym: [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.]

Definition: 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. Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures.

– Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- De*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

– De*scrip"tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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