prescriptive
Use Prescriptive in a sentence
tɪv adjective
1.
that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
2.
depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.
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prescriptive (prɪˈskrɪptɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions |
| 2. | sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom |
| 3. | derived from or based upon legal prescription: a prescriptive title |
| pre'scriptively | |
| —adv | |
| pre'scriptiveness | |
| —n | |
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Prescriptive
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is peruse. Does it mean:
| a. to mark with a spot or spots; to sully or pollute |
| to read through with thoroughness or care, to examine in detail |
Example sentences
Critics say that so mechanically prescriptive a system can bore students.
In the common shorthand, linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive.
Ideology is slowly becoming rigidly prescriptive and political transcendence is becoming less and less possible or admirable.
At the time the bill was described as enabling rather than prescriptive.
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