Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: descriptive
IPA transcription: [dɪskɹ'ɪptɪv]
Pronunciations of descriptive
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: descriptive
    Meaning: serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"
Usage examples
  • Some of his descriptive touches of nature, such as
  • My first publication was an eighty-page pamphlet descriptive of Washington Territory, printed in 1870.
  • After that, motherly reproach, fatherly inquiry, plenteous bread and milk, many eager explanations and much descriptive narrative simultaneously uttered by two mouths eager both to eat and to talk.
  • As this work professes, in its title-page, to be a descriptive tale, they who will take the trouble to read it may be glad to know how much of its contents is literal fact, and how much is intended to represent a general picture.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Computational neuroscience, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Markup language, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1900 Galveston hurricane, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hydrogen, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Major depressive disorder, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Myst III: Exile, License CC BY-SA 4.0