Meaning of Ascriptive | Babel Free
Definitions
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
Equivalents
Examples
“Herodotus uses more ascriptives than Homer, but the adverbial participle is well illustrated in Herodotus and the complementary is fairly common.”
“Ascriptives need not be novel. Tension is a conventional ascriptive that, despite its ubiquitous use, has never achieved technical status in musical discourse.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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