describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language"
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
concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents; "synchronic linguistics"; "descriptive linguistics"
Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like. his descriptive way of writing
Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary)
{s} serving to describe, representational, illustrative; (Grammar-of an adjective) attributive, that states an attribute of the related noun; nonrestrictive, not restrictive, without limitations
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage
serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"
describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language" serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage