descriptive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Australia)
- /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Australia)
- /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
- /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
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- /diˈskɹɪptɪv/ (Canada, General-American)
- /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /dəˈskɹəptəv/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).
Meanings
- Of, relating to, or providing a description.
- Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
- Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
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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.
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most descriptive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more descriptive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
non-descriptive · prescriptive · normative
Deriveds
descriptivity · metadescriptive · descriptiveness · autodescriptive · descriptivism · descriptive geometry · descriptivist · self-descriptive · non-descriptive · descriptive statistics · undescriptive · descriptivistic · indescriptive · misdescriptive · descriptively · descriptive adjective · descriptive ethics · overdescriptive
Relateds
Translations (54)
mn тодорхойлсон (describing a language) · bg нагледен (of, or relating to description) · es descriptivo (of, or relating to description) · fi toteava (of, or relating to description) · fi esittelevä (of, or relating to description) · da beskrivende (stating an attribute to associated noun) · ca descriptiu (describing a language) · pl opisowy (describing a language) · mn ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠬᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠳᠤᠷᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ (describing a language) · sh dȅskriptīvan (of, or relating to description) · pl opisowy (stating an attribute to associated noun) · fi kuvaileva (stating an attribute to associated noun) · fi kuvaileva (of, or relating to description) · mn товчоолсон (describing a language) · da beskrivende (of, or relating to description) · sh dȅskriptīvan (describing and seeking to classify) · be апіса́льны (of, or relating to description) · lad deskriptivo (describing a language) · ja 限定用法の (stating an attribute to associated noun) · es descriptivo (describing a language) · ru описа́тельный (describing a language) · id deskriptif (of, or relating to description) · ja 記述的な (describing a language) · sv deskriptiv (describing a language) · pt descritivo (of, or relating to description) · es descriptorio (disused) (of, or relating to description) · da deskriptiv (of, or relating to description) · uk описо́вий (of, or relating to description) · ro descriptiv (of, or relating to description) · sv beskrivande (of, or relating to description) · ro descriptiv (describing a language) · bg описателен (of, or relating to description) · fi kuvaileva (describing a language) · fi deskriptiivinen (describing and seeking to classify) · lad deskriptivo (of, or relating to description) · pl opisowy (of, or relating to description) · bg описателен (describing a language) · nn deskriptiv (of, or relating to description) · fi deskriptiivinen (of, or relating to description) · pl opisowy (describing and seeking to classify) · ru описа́тельный (of, or relating to description) · cs popisný (of, or relating to description) · de deskriptiv (describing a language) · fi deskriptiivinen (stating an attribute to associated noun) · fi deskriptiivinen (describing a language) · lad deskriptivo (stating an attribute to associated noun) · nb deskriptiv (of, or relating to description) · ca descriptiu (of, or relating to description) · hy նկարագրական (of, or relating to description) · nb beskrivende (of, or relating to description) · ru нагля́дный (of, or relating to description) · fi kuvaileva (describing and seeking to classify) · da deskriptiv (stating an attribute to associated noun) · ru описа́тельный (stating an attribute to associated noun)