descriptive

UK /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ US /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/
adj 4noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or providing a description.

2

Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).

3

Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

4

Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.

noun

1

An adjective (or other descriptive word)

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