Meaning of DESCRIPTION
| Pronunciation: | | di'skripshun
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- [n] sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
- [n] a statement that represents something in words
- [n] the act of describing something
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| | Synonyms: | | verbal description |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}.
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