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descriptive


 
  Grep  of  noun  descriptive 
  descriptive  adjective 
  descriptive  anthropology 
  descriptive  clause 
  descriptive  geometry 
  descriptive  linguistics 
 
  Overview  of  adj  descriptive 
 
  The  adj  descriptive  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  descriptive  --  (serving  to  describe  or  inform  or  characterized  by  description;  "the  descriptive  variable";  "a  descriptive  passage") 
  2.  synchronic,  descriptive  --  (concerned  with  phenomena  (especially  language)  at  a  particular  period  without  considering  historical  antecedents;  "synchronic  linguistics";  "descriptive  linguistics") 
  3.  descriptive  --  ((grammar)  describing  the  structure  of  a  language;  "descriptive  linguistics  simply  describes  language") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  descriptive 
 
  3  senses  of  descriptive 
 
  Sense  1 
  descriptive  (vs.  undescriptive) 
 
  undescriptive  (vs.  descriptive) 
 
  Sense  2 
  synchronic  (vs.  diachronic),  descriptive 
 
 
  Sense  3 
  descriptive  (vs.  prescriptive) 
 
  prescriptive  (vs.  descriptive),  normative 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  descriptive 
 
  3  senses  of  descriptive 
 
  Sense  1 
  descriptive  (vs.  undescriptive) 
 
  Sense  2 
  synchronic  (vs.  diachronic),  descriptive 
  Also  See->  synchronous#1,  synchronal#1,  synchronic#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  descriptive  (vs.  prescriptive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  descriptive 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  descriptive 
 
  descriptive  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  descriptive 
  descriptive 
  undescriptive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  descriptive 
 
  The  adj  descriptive  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  descriptive  --  (serving  to  describe  or  inform  or  characterized  by  description;  "the  descriptive  variable";  "a  descriptive  passage") 
  2.  synchronic,  descriptive  --  (concerned  with  phenomena  (especially  language)  at  a  particular  period  without  considering  historical  antecedents;  "synchronic  linguistics";  "descriptive  linguistics") 
  3.  descriptive  --  ((grammar)  describing  the  structure  of  a  language;  "descriptive  linguistics  simply  describes  language") 



descriptive definition