Associations to the word «Descriptive»
Noun
- Metadata
- Linguistic
- Catalogue
- Adjective
- Statistic
- Linguistics
- Geometry
- Prose
- Terminology
- Phonology
- Grammar
- Linguist
- Epidemiology
- Names
- Epithet
- Ontology
- Median
- Schema
- Scenery
- Dsm
- Ethic
- Fallacy
- Vocabulary
- Notation
- Keyword
- Practical
- Semantic
- Sketch
- Kinship
- Wordsworth
- Narration
- Meta
- Ethics
- Phrase
- Predicate
- Bloomfield
- Botany
- Inference
- Narrative
- Dependency
- Nomenclature
- Regression
- Anatomy
- Summary
- Deviation
- Morphology
- Pathos
- Gazetteer
- Questionnaire
- Aborigine
- Noun
- Rationality
- Methodology
- Astronomy
- Analysis
- Connotation
- Poem
- Complexity
- Trademark
- Datum
- Term
- Realism
Adjective
- Normative
- Explanatory
- Predictive
- Qualitative
- Analytic
- Antarctic
- Analytical
- Quantitative
- Empirical
- Adjective
- Linguistic
- Suggestive
- Theoretical
- Grammatical
- Phonological
- Narrative
- Causal
- Factual
- Comparative
- Prose
- Allegorical
- Observable
- Poetic
- Conceptual
- Imaginative
- Anatomical
- Picturesque
- Ethnographic
- Ethical
- Semantic
- Contextual
- Lexical
- Pragmatic
- Vivid
Verb
Wiktionary
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. Of or relating to description.
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. (science) (philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
DESCRIPTIVE, noun. (grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE, noun. An adjective that describes a noun
DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS, noun. (ethics) The study of people's beliefs about morality, in contrast to normative ethics and metaethics.
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRIES, noun. Plural of descriptive geometry
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, noun. A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, noun. (statistics) A branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.
Dictionary definition
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. Serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage".
DESCRIPTIVE, adjective. Describing the structure of a language; "descriptive grammar".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.