Description

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

Origin

From Old French description, from Latin dēscriptiō.

Full definition of description

Noun

1. 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.
2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
4. (biology) A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.

Synonyms

• (characteristics) sort, kind, type, variety

Related terms

• describe
• descriptive

Anagrams

• discerption, predictions