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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- give a verbal description of the events
- a realisitic description
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- audio description
- beggar description
- charge description master
- descriptional
- descriptionally
- descriptionism
- descriptionist
- descriptionistic
- descriptionless
- description logic
- description word
- hardware description language
- job description
- metadescription
- misdescription
- nondescription
- nondescriptional
- of any description
- of some description
- redescription
- video description
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
account in words
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act of describing
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set of characteristics
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linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- description in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dēscriptiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: descriptions
Noun[edit]
description f (plural descriptions)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “description”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin dēscriptiō.
Noun[edit]
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
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