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descriptive

US /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/

adjective Target · B2 Kinh doanh chung

Definition

serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The catalog has a descriptive paragraph for each item in the collection.

Word Family

NounNoun
VerbVerb
AdjectiveAdj
descriptive gốc
AdverbAdv
descriptively

Synonyms

  • illustrativeclarifying by use of examples
  • expressivecharacterized by expression

Collocations

  • Easy descriptive essay writing
    describing descriptive essay writing (serving to describe or inform or characterized by description)
  • Medium descriptive statistics summary
    describing descriptive statistics summary (serving to describe or inform or characterized by description)
  • Hard purely descriptive account of phenomena
    describing purely descriptive account of phenomena (restricted to something)
  • Very Hard distinguish descriptive from normative models
    to distinguish descriptive from normative models, meaning to mark as different

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