description
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdescription (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 realistic 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
editDerived terms
edit- audio description
- beggar description
- charge description master
- descriptional
- descriptionally
- descriptionism
- descriptionist
- descriptionistic
- descriptionless
- description logic
- description word
- hardware description language
- ideographic description sequence
- job description
- metadescription
- misdescription
- nondescription
- nondescriptional
- of any description
- of some description
- redescription
- video description
Related terms
editTranslations
editaccount in words
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act of describing
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set of characteristics
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taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon
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linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage
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linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “description”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “description”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
See also
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dēscriptiōnem.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: descriptions
Noun
editdescription f (plural descriptions)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “description”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin dēscriptiō.
Noun
editdescription oblique singular, f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kreybʰ-
- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
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- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Old French terms borrowed from Latin
- Old French learned borrowings from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
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