description
English
Etymology
From Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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.
- 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.
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Translations
account in words
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characteristics
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Further reading
- description in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- description in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēscriptiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: descriptions
Noun
description f (plural descriptions)
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Further reading
- “description” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin dēscriptiō.
Noun
description f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions)
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