1 saying what sb/sth is like; describing sth:
the descriptive passages in the novel * The term I used was meant to be purely descriptive (= not judging).
2 (linguistics) saying how language is actually used, without giving rules for how it should be used
OPPPRESCRIPTIVE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for descriptive is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is descriptive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, descriptive is tagged as adjective.
Does descriptive appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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