Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, process, or technique of describing.
- noun A statement or an account describing something.
- noun A pictorial representation.
- noun A kind or sort.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of delineating or depicting; representation by visible lines, marks, colors, etc.
- noun The act of representing a thing by words or signs, or the account or writing containing such representation; a statement designed to make known the appearance, nature, attributes, accidents, or incidents of anything: as, a description of a house or of a battle.
- noun The qualities expressed in a representation; the combination of qualities which go to constitute a class or an individual, and would be mentioned in describing it; hence, a variety; sort; kind.
- noun Synonyms Relation, Narrative, etc. (see
account ), delineation, portrayal, sketch. - noun Sort, cast, quality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- noun 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.
- noun A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sketch or account of anything in words; a
portraiture orrepresentation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. - noun The act of
describing ; adelineation by marks or signs. - noun A set of
characteristics by which someone or something can berecognized . - noun biology A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sort or variety
- noun the act of describing something
- noun a statement that represents something in words
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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kayo commented on the word description
details given of people,places or things
May 16, 2009