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PRESCRIPTIVE

Dictionary entry overview: What does prescriptive mean?

• PRESCRIPTIVE (adjective)
The adjective PRESCRIPTIVE has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to giving directives or rules

Familiarity information: PRESCRIPTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRESCRIPTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pertaining to giving directives or rules

Synonyms:

prescriptive; normative

Context example:

prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage

Domain category:

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

Antonym:

descriptive (describing the structure of a language)

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