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descriptive
adjective(de-scrip-tive)
of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
Antonyms: prescriptive,
Examples:
Descriptive grammar.
descriptive
(de-scrip-tive)
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
Antonyms: undescriptive,
Examples:
The descriptive variable.
A descriptive passage.

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