descriptive
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- adjective
- /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
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descriptivo
- His descriptive essay vividly painted a picture of the bustling city life.
- descriptive statistics
- descriptive analysis
- descriptive data
Why are we not using descriptive adjectives any longer?
- Why are we not using descriptive adjectives any longer?
- That's what it is, a descriptive adjective.
- I think that Van Troyen is, you know, a good descriptive writer.
- There's, there are people who list some of the best audio descriptive versions of content.
- They use, you know, very descriptive images of what they're trying to sell.
- And they they go on and and talk about the descriptive terms that they use for themselves.
- It has become so overused that it's losing its its descriptive potency.
- So I want you to be very descriptive.
- And they said right AI think they said right a descriptive essay.
- I mean, with how grotesque and how descriptive it is.
- So you have to use really, really powerful, descriptive, relevant, up to date words.
- I decided to open one and found out that it was to my girlfriend and it was a very descriptive letter and almost flirtatious.
- Nerdy face with thick horn rim glasses and buck teeth. That ones very descriptive.
Examples
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Well, there is a lot of good descriptive writing.
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I mean, it was so descriptive and so real.
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So you have to use really, really powerful, descriptive, relevant, up to date words.
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Let's try to keep the conversation descriptive and positive.
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I read some of those stories you wrote when you were a kid, they were really descriptive.
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On the following pages, you will find a series of descriptive terms commonly used to characterize people in general.
Academic text (2008) -
Table 1 presents other descriptive information about the centers, including accreditation status and parent payment information.
Academic text (2008) -
They use, you know, very descriptive images of what they're trying to sell.
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The teacher encouraged her students to write with descriptive language to make their stories more engaging.
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The descriptive details in the novel helped the readers visualize the characters and settings.
Synonyms
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Having many small parts or facts that you can see
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The study of how people actually use a language at a particular time without judging it
- Specialized
A study that records in detail how specific groups of people live
- Specialized
A part of a sentence that gives extra information about a noun, usually set off by commas
- Specialized
Part of geometry that shows three-dimensional objects as correct two-dimensional drawings
- Specialized
A description of how people actually use a language, not how they should speak
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Descriptive comes from Latin parts de- 'down' and scribere 'to write', the same root as describe and script. Think of it as 'writing down' details so a reader can make a picture in their mind, which is why a descriptive text gives clear details.