Descriptor

/dɪskɹˈɪptɐ/

/dɪsˈkɹɪpˌtɝ/

Descriptor

a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

a word or phrase that describes or provides information about something

Examples

1. What are descriptors?

2. And this descriptor describes the language of C1 level performance.

3. So, the B1 scale simply uses the descriptors at the bottom of the overall scale.

4. That descriptor is ironic.