descriptiveadjective
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/describing something, especially in a detailed, interesting way:
a descriptive essay/passage
specialized language, social sciences A descriptive area of study is one that is based on saying what its subject is really like, rather than on developing theories about it:
descriptive linguistics/sociology/statistics
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
- unfold
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