descriptive label

collocation in English

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descriptive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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label
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.bəl/us
/ˈleɪ.bəl/
a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object it is ...
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(Definition ofdescriptiveandlabelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdescriptive label

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The jump from statistical result todescriptivelabelclearly requires a lot of imagination.
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With elements, in contrast, ' sonority ' is merely adescriptivelabelfor a formal property that is intrinsic to representations, namely melodic complexity.
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She is not even given a name, only adescriptivelabel.
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Often the diagnosis is in part at least adescriptivelabel.
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That is a neutral phrase, but it really says nothing apart from being adescriptivelabel.
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This purelydescriptivelabel(in contrast to many other geographic names of the seventh continent) is internationally accepted at present.
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Although most tulou were of earthen construction, the definition tulou is a broadlydescriptivelabel for a building type and does not indicate construction type.
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The labels were generic, unlike the original idea of adescriptivelabelcategorizing the explicit lyrics.
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A system interface is a simplified or generalized representation of a communications pathway or network, usually depicted graphically as a straight line, with adescriptivelabel.
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Simple words and expressions impose a structure on more complex semiotic phenomena by serving as descriptive labels for them.
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The predicates used matched the descriptive labels of the events noted above.
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For ease of interpretation, descriptive labels have been added to the classes.
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Jackendoff makes similar distinctions, though applying the relational and descriptive labels somewhat differently.
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There are all kinds of descriptive labels which can be attached to virtually much the same product.
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The cards showed labelled dissections, descriptive labels and came packaged with the stereoscopic viewer.
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Buildings called herbaria housed these specimens mounted on card with descriptive labels.
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He mentions overstatements, sweeping generalizations, oversimplification, inappropriate comparisons, simplistic dichotomies and the use of popular buzz-words... as value-laden denigrations rather than as neutral descriptive labels.
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Social search takes many forms, ranging from simple shared bookmarks or tagging of content with descriptive labels to more sophisticated approaches that combine human intelligence with computer algorithms.
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Even considering the styles simply as descriptive labels, the system still simplifies bonsai teaching and learning, and provides widely understood terms for public communications about bonsai.
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