Definitions for description
dɪˈskrɪp ʃənde·scrip·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. description, verbal descriptionnoun

   a statement that represents something in words

2. descriptionnoun

   the act of describing something

3. descriptionnoun

   sort or variety

   "every description of book was there"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. descriptionnoun

   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. descriptionnoun

   The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

3. descriptionnoun

   A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

4. descriptionnoun

   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.

5. Etymology: From descriptio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Descriptionnoun

   Etymology: descriptio, Latin.

   1. The act of describing or making out any person or thing by perceptible properties.2. The sentence or passage in which any thing is described.

   A poet must refuse all tedious and unnecessary descriptions: a robe which is too heavy, is less an ornament than a burthen. John Dryden, Dufresnoy, Preface.

   Sometimes misguided by the tuneful throng,
   I look for streams immortaliz’d in song,
   That lost in silence and oblivion lie,
   Dumb are their fountains, and their channels dry,
   That run for ever by the muse’s skill,
   And in the smooth description murmur still. Addison.

   3. A lax definition.

   This sort of definition, which is made up of a mere collection of the most remarkable parts or properties, is called an imperfect definition, or a description; whereas the definition is called perfect when it is composed of the essential difference, added to general nature or genus. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   4. The qualities expressed in a description.

   I’ll pay six thousand, and deface the bond,
   Before a friend of this description
   Shall lose a hair. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Description

   Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. In practice it would be difficult to write literature that drew on just one of the four basic modes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Descriptionnoun

   the act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs

2. Descriptionnoun

   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

3. Descriptionnoun

   a class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Description

   Description is one of four rhetorical modes, along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions. The act of description may be related to that of definition. Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Description

   de-skrip′shun, n. act of describing: an account of anything in words: definition: sort, class, or kind.—adj. Descrip′tive, containing description.—adv. Descrip′tively.—n. Descrip′tiveness.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. description

   To describe using words.

   The description of the holiday resort was so accurate you could imagine you were there.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Kind
   • Speech Act
   • Statement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'description' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2035

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'description' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2807

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'description' in Nouns Frequency: #708

Anagrams for description »

1. discerption

2. predictions

How to pronounce description?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of description in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of description in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of description in a Sentence

1. Steve Alm:

   The allegations in this case are heinous beyond description, and we will hold Lehua Kalua and Isaac Kalua accountable for their alleged crimes against this defenseless child.

2. Narendra Modi:

   If historians some day write about today's incident, they will certainly say that inspired by our romantic description of the moon throughout life, Chandrayaan, in the last leg of the journey, rushed to embrace the moon.

3. Vice Chairman Charlie Munger:

   ' World-leading' would be the description I would choose, in some important ways, each is a better business executive than Warren Buffett.

4. Alexis karpouzos:

   What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. You are this: The timeless-time

5. Stephen Hawking:

   Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=description
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Description
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=description
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/description
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=description
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=description