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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. |