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| 1. | [ adjective ] serving to describe or inform or characterized by description | |
| Examples: | "the descriptive variable" "a descriptive passage" |
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| Related terms: | undescriptive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (linguistics) concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | |
| Synonyms: | synchronic | |
| Examples: | "synchronic linguistics" "descriptive linguistics" |
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| Related terms: | diachronic language synchronous | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (grammar) describing the structure of a language | |
| Examples: | "descriptive linguistics simply describes language" |
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| Related terms: | prescriptive grammar | |
| Similar spelling: |
descriptively description descriptor describe described decurved describable |
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