单词	prescriptive
释义	prescriptive adjective pre·​scrip·​tive pri-ˈskrip-tiv  1 : serving to prescribe prescriptive rules of usage 2 : acquired by, founded on, or determined by prescription or by long-standing custom prescriptively adverb Synonyms classical conventional customary traditional See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Critics claim the new rules are too prescriptive. even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note Recent Examples on the Web The siting permit for the Golden Hills wind farm in Sherman County, which became operational this year, for example, includes far more prescriptive reporting conditions for its operator. oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022 Shareholder proposals have naturally become more prescriptive in recent years, Mr. McRitchie said. Jennifer Williams-alvarez, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 As far as advice goes, Jovin situates herself at the less prescriptive end of the grammar spectrum. Dennis Duncan, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 The best way to avoid a message that can be damaging is to be very prescriptive in your guidelines from the beginning. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 July 2022 But people who have seen the lists describe a less prescriptive process today. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 May 2022 Digital decisioning contributes to solving the problem of differing interpretations by producing prescriptive workflows—on demand, when needed—that employees across departments can follow. Guy Yehiav, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 In an interview, Vijayan said Smith was rarely prescriptive when handing out new directives before a concert. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Ascent was exempted from this code by doing something differently: Providing performative measures, rather than prescriptive ones. Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition prescriptive adjective pre·​scrip·​tive pri-ˈskrip-tiv  1 : serving to prescribe prescriptive rules 2 : acquired by, founded on, or constituting prescription a prescriptive right a longer prescriptive period prescriptive adjective as in traditional based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation even in this age of e-mail the prescriptive response to a wedding gift is a handwritten thank-you note Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance traditional customary conventional classical historical usual authentic old historic common orthodox established habitual ancestral fixed ancient antediluvian timeless hoary immemorial old-time old-world ageless age-old venerable aged dateless Antonyms & Near Antonyms nontraditional unconventional modern contemporary untraditional new current uncustomary modernized new age updated modernistic futuristic newfangled progressive revolutionary unusual original latest ultramodern unorthodox hot up-to-date supermodern unprecedented nonconformist present-day high-tech hi-tech mod nonorthodox new-fashioned state-of-the-art space-age red-hot See More
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