Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word, phrase, or alphanumeric character used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.
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- noun computing The
name of acategory ofdata in aninformation storage andretrieval system . - noun information science A
word that describes thesubject of anarticle orbook .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The real reason the gay movement seeks the term marriage as a descriptor is the thinking that this confers acceptability to homosexuality.
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The real reason the gay movement seeks the term marriage as a descriptor is the thinking that this confers acceptability to homosexuality.
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The real reason the gay movement seeks the term marriage as a descriptor is the thinking that this confers acceptability to homosexuality.
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On Martha's shows, the main descriptor of EVERYTHING is "nice".
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On Martha's shows, the main descriptor of EVERYTHING is "nice".
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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What I was going to say was that "geek" as a descriptor is no longer constrained to the technical professions, at least in my peer group.
Medieval But No Manifesto Lou Anders 2006
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Many of you have been personally touched by violence, as I have -- and though I used a one-word descriptor, I'm betting we'd all be hard-pressed to find just one word to describe the deep wound of the violent act we individually suffered.
Cheryl Saban: Unlearning Violence - It's about Education Cheryl Saban 2010
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That's the most concise one-word descriptor of hizz (dis) honor I've seen.
Averting our eyes from the wreck (literal and figurative) (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Many of you have been personally touched by violence, as I have -- and though I used a one-word descriptor, I'm betting we'd all be hard-pressed to find just one word to describe the deep wound of the violent act we individually suffered.
Cheryl Saban: Unlearning Violence - It's about Education Cheryl Saban 2010
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That the two word descriptor has been added to differentiate between permanent and temporary death speaks volumes towards the lack of impact a character death has.
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