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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
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
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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