descriptive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
  2. adjective describing the structure of a language

Etymology

From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).

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