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kuvaileva — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • descriptive adj Giving a detailed account or picture of something in words.
  • notional adj Existing only as an idea, not as something real.

Senses

kuvaileva is used for these senses in English:

  • descriptive Of, relating to, or providing a description.
  • notional (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.

descriptive — full definition

  1. adj Giving a detailed account or picture of something in words.
  2. adj In linguistics, recording how language is actually used rather than laying down rules for how it should be used.

notional — full definition

  1. adj Existing only as an idea, not as something real.
  2. adj Based on guesswork or theory rather than on actual study.
  3. adj (grammar) Describing meaning rather than grammatical function.
  4. adj Used to show a rough figure given only as a guide.
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