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Descriptive

Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.

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Describe 74% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Describe 74% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Acceptability noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Acceptableness noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Apposition noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Collocation noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Confusable adjective · 78% connection

so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"

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Descriptive grammar noun · 78% connection

a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics

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Dialect noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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English noun · 78% connection

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

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Grammar noun · 78% connection

the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

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Homonym noun · 78% connection

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings

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Homophone noun · 78% connection

two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

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Idiom noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Juxtaposition noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Mistakable adjective · 78% connection

so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"

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Nonstandard adjective · 78% connection

not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers…

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Normative adjective · 78% connection

pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

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Prescriptive adjective · 78% connection

pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

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Abbreviation noun · 78% connection

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which…

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Account noun · 78% connection

a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presid…

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Adjective noun · 78% connection

A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define…

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Amplification noun · 78% connection

The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrati…

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Anagram noun · 78% connection

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

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Basement adjective · 78% connection

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n.,…

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Blockhouse noun · 78% connection

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

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Bust noun · 78% connection

A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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Chronicle noun · 78% connection

a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the presid…

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Contour noun · 78% connection

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintif…

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Define verb · 78% connection

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to…

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Drawing noun · 78% connection

The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in…

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Entresol noun · 78% connection

A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.

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