prescriptive

pre·scrip·tive

 (prĭ-skrĭp′tĭv)

adj.

1.

a. Relating to or making rules, laws, or directions: prescriptive pronouncements.

b. Linguistics Based on or establishing norms or rules indicating how a language should or should not be used rather than describing the ways in which a language is used.

2. Law Of or relating to acquisition or occupancy by prescription.

3. Archaic Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.

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pre·scrip′tive·ly adv.

pre·scrip′tive·ness n.

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prescriptive

(prɪˈskrɪptɪv)

adj

1. making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions

2. sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom

3. (Law) derived from or based upon legal prescription: a prescriptive title.

preˈscriptively adv

preˈscriptiveness n

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pre•scrip•tive

(prɪˈskrɪp tɪv)

adj.

1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions.

2. based on or arising from long-standing usage or custom.

3. concerned with or involving the establishment of norms of correct and incorrect language usage or rules based on these norms; normative: prescriptive grammar.

4. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.

[1740–50]

pre•scrip′tive•ly, adv.

pre•scrip′tive•ness, n.

pre•scrip′tiv•ism, n.

pre•scrip′tiv•ist, n., adj.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

prescriptive - pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" normative grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) descriptive - describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar"

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prescriptive

adjective dictatorial, rigid, authoritarian, legislating, dogmatic, didactic, preceptive prescriptive attitudes to language on the part of teachers

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Translations

prescriptive

[prɪˈskrɪptɪv] ADJ (Jur) [title] → legal; (= sanctioned by custom) → sancionado por la costumbre (Gram) → normativo

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prescriptive

[prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normatif/ivepre-season preseason [ˌpriːˈsiːz^ən] modif [training, tournament, match, game, competition] → de présaison

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prescriptive

adj → normativ; to be prescriptive → Vorschriften machen

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prescriptive

[prɪˈskrɪptɪv] adj → normativo/a

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