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descriptive
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 -- (describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language")
Grep of noun descriptive
descriptive adjective
descriptive anthropology
descriptive clause
descriptive geometry
descriptive grammar
descriptive linguistics
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)
Pertainyms of adj descriptive
Attributes of adj descriptive
Domain of adj descriptive
2 of 3 senses of descriptive
Sense 2
synchronic (vs. diachronic), descriptive
TOPIC>(noun) language#1, linguistic communication#1
Sense 3
descriptive (vs. prescriptive)
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Domain Terms of adj descriptive
Familiarity of adj descriptive
descriptive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj descriptive
descriptive
undescriptive
Grep of adv descriptive
descriptively
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