description

Plural: descriptions

Noun

• a statement that represents something in words
• the act of describing something
• sort or variety
  • "every description of book was there"
• 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.
• The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
• A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
• A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
• The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
• A descriptive linguistic survey.

Examples

• a realistic description
• give a verbal description of the events
• The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
• The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.

Synonyms

verbal description, kind, sort, type, variety

Related Words

describe, descriptive, descriptivism, interpretation, prescription, synopsis