Descriptive

Word DESCRIPTIVE
Character 11
Hyphenation de scrip tive
Pronunciations /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Descriptive"

What do we mean by descriptive?

Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe. adjective

Concerned with classification or description. adjective

Expressing an attribute of the modified noun, as green in green grass. Used of an adjective or adjectival clause. adjective

Nonrestrictive. adjective

Of or relating to the study or the description of a language or a specific stage of a language, with emphasis on constructing a grammar without regard to historical development, comparison with other languages, or advocated norms for correct or proper usage. adjective

In geometry: Pertaining to the projective methods of Monge.

Not containing the idea of quantity or measurement.

Containing description; serving or aiming to describe; having the quality of representing: as, a descriptive diagram; a descriptive narration.

Milit., a short military history of each enlisted man, with a description of his person, and an abstract of his account with the government.

In geometry, usually defined to be a property or proposition which can be stated without introducing the idea of magnitude. But it would be better to say that it is a property or proposition which relates to the incidence or coincidence of points, lines, and other geometrical elements, in general, or that it is one which does not depend upon the particular system of measurement adopted. Thus, the proposition that two triangles are equal if a side and two angles of the one are equal to the corresponding side and angles of the other, may be regarded as descriptive; while the proposition that through any point in space a single parallel to a given line can be drawn, is indisputably metrical, not descriptive.

Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description adjective

That part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. adjective

That branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. adjective

Of, or relating to description. adjective

Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). adjective

Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language. adjective

Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive. adjective

An adjective (or other descriptive word) noun

Describing the structure of a language adjective

(grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word)

On YouTube, it's something that we use to give information about our videos that make anything that isn't too self explanatory a whole lot more clear, or to present the video as more interesting. Countless YouTubers ignore these often resulting in the posting of a stupid comment or question that's unnecessary because it was likely to be answered in the *drumroll please...* description! These comments tend to become so sad that users need to include 20 FAQs in their descriptions because the idiots won't shut the hell up. Read the comments to any video posted by GuitarHeroPhenom and you'll understand. They're also enough to keep someone entertained for a while, as the stupidity is legendary. Urban Dictionary

Description is the description of describing something in a descriptive manner. Urban Dictionary

Verb. To describe. To scribe. To critique another's art. To denominate kunst or mode, art, fashion, and accessories. Urban Dictionary

Short for Description Urban Dictionary

The ability to describe things. Urban Dictionary

Descriptivfe Writing is a type of writing where you describe something using many very descriptive adjectives. Urban Dictionary

An adjective meaning "It describes itself", the meaning of some words describe the word itself, for example: Urban Dictionary

That limiting agent that keeps bruthas and sistas from doing a god-damned thing on the job. Urban Dictionary

What do you think? A.K.A. "Too Much Information" Urban Dictionary

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Descriptive

The word "descriptive" in example sentences

One is called "bird-nesting," the title descriptive of the favorite diversion thus depicted. ❋ Unknown (1917)

'Retrograde' is the term descriptive of the motion of the planets from east to west. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

Take a few seconds to make the title descriptive (and, yeah, a keyword or two sprinkled in here would be a good thing too for findability), then scroll down to the bottom: ❋ Unknown (2008)

So just a few years before Prozac came along, psychiatrists turned to what they called a descriptive nosology. ❋ Gary Greenberg (2010)

“Chinoiserie” (meaning bizarre tricks or monkey - shines in modern French usage) is a term descriptive of the eighteenth-century European view of China as ❋ DONALD F. LACH (1968)

[1241] "Cohort," a term descriptive of a Roman body, and "military tribune" are more literal renderings of the Greek original than "band" and "captain" in John 18: 3, 12. ❋ James Edward Talmage (1897)

A very similar plant was that found and lost by Gilgamesh, after his sojourn with Ut-napishtim; it too had potent magical power and bore a title descriptive of its peculiar virtue of transforming old age to youth. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Sabitum appears originally to have been a term descriptive of her, and ❋ Morris Jastrow (1891)

Likewise the metaphors used in descriptive passages; and the extra-story allusions; and the very vocabulary. ❋ Mrissa (2010)

The book's actionoccurs over a wide range of African geography, vividly conveyed: not simplyin descriptive terms, but in a manner thatmakes the reader feel as if he or she is there. ❋ Maxine (2008)

This descriptive is used by journalists to avoid making any assumptions that the person is guilty of ANY action. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The descriptive is typical -- sometimes maddeningly so, of these novels. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But, Blood Meridian is a study in descriptive prose. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From the ACL, a checklist of 300 adjectives, 49 were identified as descriptive of leader behavior. ❋ Bernard M. Bass (2008)

If it bears a name descriptive of its kind or flavor (s), it must correspond thereto (i.e., chicken digest). ❋ Dailycomic (2008)

I felt restless and started to realize how little we know, how descriptive is our understanding of disease mechanisms and pathology, and as a consequence how most treatments are symptomatic in nature rather then causative. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I was trying to think of a word descriptive of the events of the past week, and "riot" kept coming up, but I'll post long and heavy in a couple of days and let you all decide. ❋ Outfoxed (2005)

A good description: This is a video of my [transcription] of awesome music from Zelda on Finale NotePad, enjoy. btw, [click here] to see the making of this for proof that it's legit. Comments for this video: This is so obviously faked its unbelievable, why r people so gullible?? morons hey u speeded that up! wats the name of da song i need 2 no thx do u take a request? where's you proof idiot? what editing softwaer do u use? u didnt realy compose that u just downloaded a [midi] file u fail so mucjh go suck my balls!!!! Read the fucking description next time, please. ❋ X172 (2009)

[i will] description you [to death] [boi] ❋ FEARONFUCKER19 (2019)

How better to [descript] your most recent artwork than empress [Tzar] E Co. It's desripting! CRITIKUNST (Deutsch) Kritikunstlich. Kritiker. Artist of [kunst] as KRITIKEE. How to victimate an artist. You call that victimode? ❋ Tzinnt.ten.toss.salat (2018)

[I need] the [descript], [pronto]! ❋ Emilyfromiowa (2010)

Describing an "[accomodator]" [sex toy] used on your girlfriend: *THRUST!* [Peeny] in you, tongue on your clit! *THRUST!* Peeny in you, tongue on your clit! "Oh how i love your descriptiveness." "Your description of this character is of great descriptiveness!" ❋ D Mizzle (2006)

This is an example of [Descriptive Writing] -->"The golden-maned horse [thundered] through the lush green meadow and then it stopped. It bent its neck to the [green grass] and sniffed the sweet smell of the colourful flowers." ❋ XRandomHeartsx (2006)

cool is a cool word [arcane] is an arcane word [dull] is a dull word monosyllabilic is not a monosyllabilic word [So cool], arcane and dull are all self-descriptive words ❋ Wonderfool (2004)

I [aksed] [the bus driver], Tokwanda, to [open the door] when we arrived at my stop. She say, "that ain't in my job description!" ❋ RLp (2005)

[Insead] of saying, "I'm gonna take a dump" Joe was over descriptive and said, "I'm gonna sit on a block of porcelin and let a huge, brown chunk [slide out] of my ass and into a lake of previously-white water, turning it into a swamp of organic [toxic waste]." ❋ Katsu Moriyama (2003)

A [phenomenon] called "long description" that happens when you type too many [uppercase] [W's]. ❋ Tristan Reads The Dictionary (2022)

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