Explore Prescriptive through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like normative or descriptive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Prescriptive meaning
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
Synonyms of Prescriptive
Using Prescriptive
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
- Useful related words include: normative, descriptive.
- In the example corpus, prescriptive often appears in combinations such as: not prescriptive, the prescriptive, and prescriptive.
Context around Prescriptive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prescriptive
- In this selection, "prescriptive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proscriptive, psycho, repetitive, analytics, norms and writings stand out and add context to how "prescriptive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and proscriptive prescriptive norms are and away from prescriptive and normative. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prescriptive" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prescriptive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’m not prescriptive on what that is. (8 words)
He specializes in psycho-prescriptive writings regarding African institutional and governance issues. (12 words)
Bonaccorso also draws great analogies between machine learning anddescriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. (13 words)
They're not prescriptive or one size fits all, instead, we focus on providing you with options — so you can choose what is right for you in the moment," states a Flare brand zine shared with new customers. (38 words)
He said: “The budget book that was approved in February does confirm that there’s £2m for heritage and regeneration works for Prestwick, but it is not prescriptive about the specific project of the spire. (35 words)
I think first and foremost, (and this is me being prescriptive for a moment) it takes a large scale reckoning with this country’s history of colonization, enslavement, white supremacy, and cis-normative violence. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Prescriptive and proscriptive Prescriptive norms are unwritten rules that are understood and followed by society and indicate what we should do.
After several years of consultation about what to do with the site, NCA CEO Sally Barnes said the amendment was quite prescriptive to keep faith with the community.
For that, we have to move away from prescriptive and normative ideas of grieving that promote discourses of “saying goodbye,” “ending relationships” and “moving on”.
He specializes in psycho-prescriptive writings regarding African institutional and governance issues.
Santhanam underlined the need to separate the noise from the signals when it comes to data, engaging in prescriptive analytics.
AI can handle the repetitive, prescriptive tasks that bog clinicians down, leaving them with more time focused on direct patient care.
Borough Mayor Bryce Ward told the Assembly last week that the reauthorization process can be prescriptive, requiring boards and commissions to demonstrate the need for their continued existence.
He said: “The budget book that was approved in February does confirm that there’s £2m for heritage and regeneration works for Prestwick, but it is not prescriptive about the specific project of the spire.
I’m not prescriptive on what that is.
PD Ports did not claim to enjoy the benefit of any express rights of access to Redcar Quay, nor is any prescriptive claim pursued.
The 11 business, finance, investor and civil society groups that released a statement on Friday were not prescriptive about what the future will look like, but said change must come.
The podcast is granular and prescriptive, more for a teenager with hoop dreams than someone Joe Lakers Fan.
Top-Level Requirements: Moving towards top-level requirements — concise, flexible objectives rather than exhaustive prescriptive documents — can dramatically improve our agility and responsiveness.
Bonaccorso also draws great analogies between machine learning anddescriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
In April 2018 the court had ruled the claim for damages to be time-barred by the two-year prescriptive period.
I think first and foremost, (and this is me being prescriptive for a moment) it takes a large scale reckoning with this country’s history of colonization, enslavement, white supremacy, and cis-normative violence.
The Gaois research group at DCU, which led the project, said that the glossary is a descriptive collection rather than a prescriptive one.
There is also an opportunity to better integrate sales and operations, demand-and-supply planning powered by predictive and prescriptive analytics and a team empowered to bring critical business insights forward.
They're not prescriptive or one size fits all, instead, we focus on providing you with options — so you can choose what is right for you in the moment," states a Flare brand zine shared with new customers.
This could be the sort of origins system used in if the game doesn’t want to be too prescriptive when it comes to events that occur before the protagonist arrives at Hogwarts.
Common combinations with prescriptive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- not prescriptive 6×
- the prescriptive 6×
- and prescriptive 5×
- prescriptive analytics 4×
- or prescriptive 4×
- prescriptive and 3×
- prescriptive about 3×
- prescriptive advice 2×
- prescriptive on 2×
- any prescriptive 2×