descriptor

de·scrip·tor

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dih-skrip-ter]
- /dɪˈskrɪp tər/
- /dɪˈskrɪptər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dih-skrip-ter]
- /dɪˈskrɪp tər/

Definitions of descriptor word

noun descriptor a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence 3
noun descriptor a keyword assigned to a data-file and stored in a search index so that it can be located through a search engine or in a database 3
noun descriptor a word or phrase used as a label to describe or classify 3
noun descriptor a term used to identify or locate a file or specific data 3
noun descriptor a significant word or phrase used to categorize or describe text or other material, especially when indexing or in an information retrieval system. 1
noun descriptor Computers. a data item that stores the attributes of some other datum: a task descriptor. 1

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Origin of descriptor

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

1930-35, for an earlier sense; describe + -tor, with vowel change and devoicing by analogy with similar L derivatives

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Parts of speech for Descriptor

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Descriptor

descriptor popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

descriptor usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for descriptor

noun descriptor

description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
label — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
caption — A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about.
rubric — a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.

All 8 Synonyms of descriptor