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descriptive

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de·scrip·tive  (d-skrptv)
adj.
1. Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe.
2. Concerned with classification or description: a descriptive science.
3. Grammar
a. Expressing an attribute of the modified noun, as green in green grass. Used of an adjective or adjectival clause.
b. Nonrestrictive.
4. Linguistics Of or relating to the study or the description of a language or a specific stage of a language, with emphasis on constructing a grammar without regard to historical development, comparison with other languages, or advocated norms for correct or proper usage.

de·scriptive·ly adv.
de·scriptive·ness n.

descriptive
Adjective
describing something: it was a very descriptive account of the play
descriptively adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.descriptive - serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"
undescriptive - not successful in describing
2.descriptive - describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar"
grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
prescriptive, normative - pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

descriptive
Translations
descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adjdescriptivo
descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adjdescriptif/ive
descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] describe adjdeskriptiv
descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adjdescrittivo/a


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Famous for writing that kind of impromptu descriptive verse which the Chinese call "Ying".
In several works descriptive of the islands in the Pacific, many of the most beautiful combinations of vocal sounds have been altogether lost to the ear of the reader by an over-attention to the ordinary rules of spelling.
But I have all this time left the reader without any formal descriptive introduction to this whimsical young lady angler.
 
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