descriptive (redirected from descriptiveness)

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.

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de·scriptive·ly adv.

de·scriptive·ness n.

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descriptive

Adjective

describing something: it was a very descriptive account of the play

descriptively adv

Thesaurus

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"

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descriptive

adjective graphic, vivid, expressive, picturesque, detailed, explanatory, pictorial, illustrative, depictive

Translations

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adj → descriptivo

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adj → descriptif/ive

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] describe adj → deskriptiv

descriptive [dɪsˈkrɪptɪv] adj → descrittivo/a