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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•scrip•tive (di skrip′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - having the quality of describing;
characterized by description:a descriptive passage in an essay. - Grammar
- Grammar(of an adjective or other modifier) expressing a quality of the word it modifies, as fresh in fresh milk. Cf. limiting.
- Grammar(of a clause) nonrestrictive. Cf. restrictive (def. 4).
- noting, concerned with, or based upon the fact or experience.
- characterized by or based upon the classification and description of material in a given field:descriptive botany.
- Late Latin dēscrīptīvus, equivalent. to Latin dēscrīpt(us) (see description) + -īvus -ive
- 1745–55
de•scrip′tive•ly, adv. de•scrip′tive•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: descriptive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/ adj - characterized by or containing description; serving to describe
- (of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former
- relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription
deˈscriptively adv deˈscriptiveness n WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•scrip•tion /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/USA pronunciation n. - a statement or an account that describes:[countable]provided the police with a description of the killer.
- the act or method of describing:[uncountable]A police officer develops good powers of observation and description.
- [count; usually singular] sort;
kind; variety:She liked dogs of every description. de•scrip•tive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/USA pronunciation adj.: She wrote a descriptive essay of her favorite place.de•scrip•tive•ly, adv. See -scrib-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•scrip•tion (di skrip′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a statement, picture in words, or account that describes;
descriptive representation. - the act or method of describing.
- sort;
kind; variety:dogs of every description. - Mathematics[Geom.]the act or process of describing a figure.
- Latin dēscrīptiōn- (stem of dēscrīptiō), equivalent. to dēscrīpt(us) (past participle of dēscrībere to describe) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English descripcioun 1300–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged species; nature, character, condition; ilk.
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