descriptive
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Britannica Dictionary definition of DESCRIPTIVE
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[more descriptive; most descriptive]
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giving information about how something or someone looks, sounds, etc.
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using words to describe what something or someone is like
— often + of
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She gave a descriptive account of the journey.
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a talent for descriptive writing
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a poem full of descriptive detail
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The black cat was given the descriptive name “Midnight.”
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They chose a name descriptive of the company's philosophy.
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technical
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providing facts about how a language is actually used rather than rules that tell people how it should be used
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opposite prescriptive
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The book is a descriptive grammar.
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