Definitions for: Description


[n] sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
[n] a statement that represents something in words
[n] the act of describing something



Webster (1913) Definition: De*scrip"tion, n. [F. description, L. descriptio.
See Describe.]
1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

2. 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.

Milton has descriptions of morning. --D. Webster.

3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable;
kind; sort.

A difference . . . between them and another
description of public creditors. --A. Hamilton.

The plates were all of the meanest description.
--Macaulay.

Syn: Account; definition; recital; relation; detail;
narrative; narration; explanation; delineation;
representation; kind; sort. See Definition.

Synonyms: verbal description

See Also: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, detailing, form, job description, kind, label, particularisation, particularization, picture, sketch, sort, spec, specification, speech act, statement, variety, vignette, word picture, word-painting

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