Descriptive

Definition of Descriptive

giving information about something; describing something in detail

How should Descriptive divide into syllables

There are three syllables in the word 'descriptive.' The vowels are 'e' and 'i,' and the consonants are 'd,' 's,' 'c,' 'r,' 'p,' 't,' and 'v.'

Part of Speech - Descriptive

The teacher asked the students to write a descriptive paragraph about their favorite animal.

Sentences with Descriptive

• The book had a descriptive illustration of the main character.
• I wrote a descriptive essay about my favorite place to go on vacation.
• The tour guide gave a descriptive explanation of the historical site.
• The artist created a descriptive painting of the sunset over the ocean.
• The scientist provided a descriptive analysis of the data collected.
• The detective gave a descriptive account of the crime scene.
• The photographer took a descriptive photo of the mountain range.
• The writer used descriptive language to bring the story to life.
• The chef provided a descriptive menu of the restaurant's specials.
• The historian gave a descriptive lecture on the events leading up to the war.

Quotes with Descriptive

• 'The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.' - Paul Klee
• 'The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.' - W.B. Yeats
• 'The function of language is to describe reality.' - Richard Dawkins
• 'The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.' - Aristotle
• 'It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection.' - Oscar Wilde
• 'The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible.' - Paul Klee
• 'Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.' - Edgar Degas
• 'The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.' - Nelson Mandela
• 'The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.' - Eleanor Roosevelt
• 'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.' - Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 'The mind is everything. What you think you become.' - Buddha
• 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.' - Albert Einstein
• 'The best way to predict the future is to create it.' - Peter Drucker
• 'The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.' - Eleanor Roosevelt
• 'The only way to do great work is to love what you do.' - Steve Jobs
• 'The greatest wealth is to live content with little.' - Plato
• 'The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.' - Socrates
• 'To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.' - Edmund Burke
• 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Number of characters in Descriptive

11 ( d, e, s, c, r, i, p, t, i, v, e )

Unique letters in Descriptive

9 ( d, e, s, c, r, i, p, t, v )

Descriptive Backwards

evitpircsed

Phonetic Transcription of Descriptive

IPA (International): dɪˈskrɪptɪv

ARA (American): dɪˈskrɪptɪv

EPA (English): dɪˈskrɪptɪv

DIH-SKRIH-PTIH-V