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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act, process, or technique of describing.
  • n. A statement or an account describing something: published a description of the journey; gave a vivid description of the game.
  • n. A pictorial representation: Monet's ethereal descriptions of haystacks and water lilies.
  • n. A kind or sort: cars of every size and description.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  • n. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
  • n. 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 GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of delineating or depicting; representation by visible lines, marks, colors, etc.
  • n. The act of representing a thing by words or signs, or the account or writing containing such representation; a statement designed to make known the appearance, nature, attributes, accidents, or incidents of anything: as, a description of a house or of a battle.
  • n. The qualities expressed in a representation; the combination of qualities which go to constitute a class or an individual, and would be mentioned in describing it; hence, a variety; sort; kind.
  • n. Synonyms Relation, Narrative, etc. (see account), delineation, portrayal, sketch.
  • n. Sort, cast, quality.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sort or variety
  • n. the act of describing something
  • n. a statement that represents something in words
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sort    form    kind    variety   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    delineation    recital    detail    sort    narration    definition    representation    narrative    explanation    relation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kind    account    picture    knowledge    aspect    history    representation    explanation    analysis    style