descriptive
adjectiveUK /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
US /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
A descriptive word tells you what something is like.
She wrote a descriptive story about her trip to the beach.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. Serving to describe or give an account of something.
The report gives a descriptive overview of the new building.
3. In grammar, describing or qualifying another word rather than naming it.
In the phrase 'the tall tree', 'tall' is a descriptive adjective.
4. Based on observation or description rather than theory or evaluation.
The study is purely descriptive and makes no predictions.