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Descriptive

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Adjective

1. descriptive

serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

Example Sentences:
'the descriptive variable'
'a descriptive passage'

2. descriptive

describing the structure of a language

Example Sentences:
'descriptive grammar'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Descriptive

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adjective
1. 
characterized by or containing description; serving to describe
2. grammar
(of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former
3. 
relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription
descriptive linguistics

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Descriptive

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adjective
describing; of or characterized by description
; specif.,
a. 
designating or of a branch of a science in which its data or materials are described and classified
descriptive anatomy
b.  Grammar
designating an adjective that indicates a quality or condition of the person or thing named by the word it modifies
“big” in “big barn” is a descriptive adjective

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Descriptive

see synonyms of descriptive
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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