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Meaning of 'prescriptive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prescriptive [ a.]
- Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom.

Meaning of 'prescriptive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prescriptive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- pertaining to giving directives or rules
Example in sentence:
  • prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

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