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prescriptiveness — See prescriptively. * * * … Universalium
prescriptiveness — prescripˈtiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑prescribe … Useful english dictionary
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Information Technology Infrastructure Library — The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (I), is a set of good practices for IT service management (ITSM) that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business. In its current form (known as ITILv3 and ITIL 2011 edition), ITIL… … Wikipedia
prescriptive — prescriptively, adv. prescriptiveness, n. /pri skrip tiv/, adj. 1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father. 2. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title… … Universalium
prescriptivity — noun The quality or state of being prescriptive. Syn: prescriptiveness … Wiktionary
prescriptive — adjective 1》 relating to the imposition of a rule or method. 2》 (of a right, title, etc.) legally established by long usage or the passage of time. Derivatives prescriptively adverb prescriptiveness noun prescriptivism noun prescriptivist noun &… … English new terms dictionary
prescriptive — /prəˈskrɪptɪv / (say pruh skriptiv) adjective 1. that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions. 2. depending on or arising from effective prescription, as a right or title. {Late Latin praescriptīvus} –prescriptively, adverb –prescriptiveness …
prescriptive — adj. 1 prescribing. 2 Linguistics concerned with or laying down rules of usage. 3 based on prescription (prescriptive right). 4 prescribed by custom. Derivatives: prescriptively adv. prescriptiveness n. prescriptivism n. prescriptivist n. & adj.… … Useful english dictionary
