DESCRIPTIVE
\dɪskɹˈɪptɪv], \dɪskɹˈɪptɪv], \d_ɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of DESCRIPTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics"
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describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language"
By Princeton University
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concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
By Oddity Software
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Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Containing description.
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DESCRIPTIVENESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Containing description. Descriptive geometry, that part of mathematical science which consists in the application of geometrical rules to the representation of the figures and the various relations of the forms of bodies.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
