DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descriptive adjective mean? 

• DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE (noun)
  The noun DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE has 1 sense:

1. an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice')

  Familiarity information: DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

descriptive adjective; qualifying adjective

Hypernyms ("descriptive adjective" is a kind of...):

adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)

 Context examples 

A descriptive adjective assigned to the quantitative measurement of the left cardiac atrium.

(Left Atrium Size, Qualitative, NCI Thesaurus)

A descriptive adjective assigned to the computed amount of blood ejected during a ventricular contraction of the heart.

(Ejection Fraction, Qualitative, NCI Thesaurus)