prescriptive — Diccionario de inglés

Adjetivo

1. Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

   Sinónimos

   normative

   Antónimos

   proscriptivenonprescriptive

   Palabras relacionadas

   prescribeprescription

   Ejemplos

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   For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com- munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken language). [...]

Adjetivo

1. pertaining to giving directives or rules

   Sinónimos

   normative

   Antónimos

   descriptive

   Ejemplos

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