descriptive word

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meaningsofdescriptiveandword

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descriptive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us
/dɪˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/
describing something, especially in a detailed, ...
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word
noun
uk
/wɜːd/us
/wɝːd/
a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken ...
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(Definition ofdescriptiveandwordfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdescriptive word

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Yes, one can understand, and strongly sympathise with, the desire to find a brief and simpledescriptivewordwithout pejorative implications.
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This clue can be a synonym, adescriptiveword, or a general category.
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It is a verydescriptiveword; it packs a lot of emotion and imagery into three syllables....
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The descriptor category contained both descriptive words and modifiers.
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Functions are the elementary pieces of a work, such as a singledescriptivewordthat can be used to identify a character.
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Admittedly, large numbers of the latter are the names of various diseases, but if we exclude these and look only at the descriptive words and phrases, the discrepancy stands.
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It is simply a matter of which descriptive words are used to achieve that end.
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I know that in legal matters these descriptive words are often put in.
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It would be difficult to recreate the full flavour he gave to those very descriptive words.
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It may be part of one occupation to-day and part of another occupation to-morrow, and mere descriptive words will not provide a sufficient means of identification.
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More descriptive words are made by compounding words together with a hyphen (-) separating them.
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There are also numerous descriptive words, such as "bld" (that is, something that has bled, or bloomed, out), "bgincel" (literally little bough), "wstm" (literally on growth), and "tdornes" (literally offspringing).
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