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descriptive
[ dih-skrip-tiv ]
adjective
- having the quality of describing; characterized by description:
a descriptive passage in an essay.
- Grammar.
- (of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Compare limiting ( def 2 ).
- (of a clause) nonrestrictive. Compare restrictive ( def 4 ).
- noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience.
- characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field:
descriptive botany.
descriptive
/ ɪˈɪɪ /
adjective
- characterized by or containing description; serving to describe
- 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
- relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription
descriptive linguistics
Derived Forms
- ˈپԱ, noun
- ˈپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·t· adverb
- ·t·Ա noun
- ԴDzd·t adjective
- non·t· adverb
- non·t·Ա noun
- v··t adjective
- over··t· adverb
- over··t·Ա noun
- -·t adjective
- ܲd·t adjective
- un·t· adverb
- un·t·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of descriptive1
Example Sentences
American Riviera Orchard “is primarily geographically descriptive,” the trademark office said, according to Vanity Fair.
Patent and Trademark Office in August rejected Meghan’s application “because the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive,” Vanity Fair reported last month.
To generalize, we might describe Thracian art as embodying a barbaric style — not as a term of derision but merely descriptive of a blunt, skillful fierceness so often encountered in its forms.
She accused him of being "overly descriptive" and "verging on not being totally respectful of the victim".
Jones said: "You are being overly descriptive, and I think verging on not being totally respectful of the victim at this point. So, can you tone down the rhetoric slightly?"
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