| descriptive | (grammar) describing the structure of a language |
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| descriptive | serving to describe or inform or characterized by description |
| descriptive | concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents |
| descriptive | an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice') |
| descriptive | the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies |
| descriptive | a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
| descriptive | the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection |
| descriptive | an explanation of a person's mastery of their native language |
| descriptive | by giving a description |