description

noun
/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

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.

Example

“give a verbal description of the events”

Other meanings

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.”

Synonyms

verbal description

Related words

audiodescription
overdescription
videodescription
audio description
beggar description
charge description master
description language
descriptional
descriptionally
definite description
definitive description
descriptionism

Example sentences

“This is a misleading description.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“It's an accurate description.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "dēscrīptiō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “description” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.