description en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
- /dəˈskɹɪpʃən/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“to describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
a realistic description
give a verbal description of the events
- (countable, uncountable) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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(countable, uncountable) A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A descriptive linguistic survey.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| descriptions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
audio description · videodescription · nondescription · descriptional · misdescription · descriptionistic · hardware description language · descriptionless · metadescription · beggar description · description language · redescription · definitive description · descriptionally · definite description · ideographic description sequence · charge description master · video description · of any description · descriptionist · descriptionism · job description · audiodescription · of some description · nondescriptional · description logic · description word · overdescription
Relateds
prescription · interpretation · descriptivism · describe · descriptive · synopsis
Synonyms
sort (characteristics) · kind (characteristics) · type (characteristics) · portrait · variety (characteristics)
Translations (153)
es descripción (account in words) · ko 기술 (account in words) · ar تَفْصِيل (account in words) · lt aprašymas (account in words) · km ពណ៌នា (account in words) · fr signalement (set of characteristics) · ar تَصْوِير (account in words) · hi विवरण (act of describing) · ko 설명 (account in words) · grc περιήγησις (account in words) · is lýsing (account in words) · pt descrição (account in words) · ar تَوْصِيف (account in words) · et kirjeldamine (act of describing) · ko 묘사 (account in words) · fi kuvailu (linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage) · tk beýan (account in words) · ky баяндоо (account in words) · ca descripció (account in words) · ro descripție (account in words) · om ibsa (account in words) · mn тайлбар (account in words) · tl deskripsyon (account in words) · yi באַשרײַבעכץ (set of characteristics) · ga comharthaí sóirt (set of characteristics) · sk popis (account in words) · fi määritelmä (set of characteristics) · es señalamiento (set of characteristics) · ko 서술 (account in words) · ota تصویر (act of describing) · ug تەسۋىر (account in words) · ru описа́ние (set of characteristics) · lij descriçion (account in words) · nl descriptie (account in words) · cmn 描述 (account in words) · th การพรรณนา (act of describing) · tr vasif (set of characteristics) · bn বয়ান (account in words) · ru описа́ние (account in words) · my ဖေါ်ပြချက် (account in words) · uz tavsif (account in words) · uz vasf (account in words) · ga comharthaí (set of characteristics) · prs تَوصِیف (account in words) · tr tanım (account in words) · fi kuvaus (account in words) · tl paglalarawan (account in words) · te వర్ణన (account in words) · fi kuvaus (taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon) · mn тодорхойлолт (account in words) · grc ἔκφρασις (account in words) · hu leírás (set of characteristics) · fit kuvvailu (account in words) · eo priskribo (account in words) · km ពិពណ៌នា (account in words) · nl beschrijving (account in words) · ka აღწერა (account in words) · cmn 描寫 /描写 (account in words) · pl opis (account in words) · mn дүрслэл (account in words) · ky сыпаттоо (account in words) · th การพรรณนา (account in words) · it descrizione (account in words) · yi באַשרײַבונג (set of characteristics) · bo ཁས་གསལ་བའི་བྱིན་གྲངས། (set of characteristics) · bg описа́ние (account in words) · tr tasvir (account in words) · tt тасвир (account in words) · prs وَصْف (account in words) · ckb وەسف (account in words) · he תיאור \ תֵּאוּר (account in words) · be апіса́ньне (account in words) · fi kuvaaminen (act of describing) · fi kuvaileva tutkimus (linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey) · tg васф (account in words) · hi विवरण (account in words) · ps توصيف (account in words) · hy նկարագրություն (account in words) · gl descrición (account in words) · lv apraksts (account in words) · fi kuvailu (act of describing) · tt тасвирлау (act of describing) · hi वर्णन (account in words) · lad deskripsion (account in words) · tg тавсиф (account in words) · az təsvir (account in words) · vi sự miêu tả (account in words) · km ព្យាករណ៍ (account in words) · tr tavsif (account in words) · uk о́пис (account in words) · yi באַשרײַבעכץ (account in words) · ps تصوير (account in words) · la dēscrīptiō (account in words) · hi व्याख्या (account in words) · bo རིག་གནས་ཀྱི་དོན་སྤྲོད་དངོས་འཛིན། (taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon) · de Deskription (account in words) · fi selitys (account in words) · sv beskrivning (account in words) · lo ການພັນລະນາ (account in words) · gd tuairisgeul (account in words) · bo སྐད་སྒྲ་གོ་རྒྱུ་བཤད་མཁས་གྲུབ། (linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage) · ja 記載 (taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon) · sco descreeption (account in words) · et kirjeldus (account in words) · kk сипаттау (account in words) · be апіса́нне (account in words) · uz tasvir (account in words) · cs popis (account in words) · da beskrivelse (account in words) · io deskripto (account in words) · ro descriere (account in words) · yi באַשרײַבונג (account in words) · tg тасвир (account in words) · tr tasvir (act of describing) · mk опис (account in words) · nb beskrivelse (account in words) · lt apibūdinimas (act of describing) · hu leírás (account in words) · ar وَصْف (account in words) · sv signalement (set of characteristics) · ur وَصْف (account in words) · bg описа́ние (set of characteristics) · prs تَصْوِیر (account in words) · mi whakaahuatanga (account in words) · ja 記述 (account in words) · ja 説明 (account in words) · sq përshkrim (account in words) · hu személyleírás (set of characteristics) · sh о̀пис (account in words) · sh òpis (account in words) · hi व्याख्या (act of describing) · ga comharthaí aithne (set of characteristics) · ru описа́ние (act of describing) · fa-ira تَصْویر (account in words) · bo འགྲེལ་བཤད། (account in words) · lv attēlojums (account in words) · ur تَعْرِیف (account in words) · ur بَیان (account in words) · fa-ira وَصْف (account in words) · tt тасвирлама (account in words) · fa-ira تُوصیف (account in words) · id deskripsi (account in words) · kk баяндау (account in words) · de Beschreibung (account in words) · gd tuairisgeul (set of characteristics) · oc descripcion (account in words) · el περιγραφή (account in words) · bo ངོ་སྤྲོད་བྱེད་པ། (act of describing) · ja 描写 (account in words) · bo སྐད་ཡིག་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཞིབ་འཇུག། (linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey) · vi sự mô tả (account in words) · fr description (account in words) · sl opis (account in words)