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English to English adjective
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serving to describe or inform or characterized by description |  | Example: the descriptive variable a descriptive passage
source: wordnet30
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describing the structure of a language |  | Example: descriptive grammar
source: wordnet30
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Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. |  | source: webster1913
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