RhymeZone: descriptive definitions

Definitions of descriptive:

adjective: describing the structure of a language
Example: "Descriptive linguistics simply describes language"
adjective: serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
Example: "The descriptive variable"
adjective: concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
Example: "Descriptive linguistics"

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