PRESCRIPTIVE


Meaning of PRESCRIPTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪsˈkrɪptɪv ]

adj. 1 prescribing. 2 Linguistics concerned with or laying down rules of usage. 3 based on prescription (prescriptive right). 4 prescribed by custom. øøprescriptively adv. prescriptiveness n. prescriptivism n. prescriptivist n. & adj. [LL praescriptivus (as PRESCRIBE)]

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