'Description' definitions:
Definition of 'description'
(from WordNet)
noun
A statement that represents something in words [syn: description, verbal description]
noun
The act of describing something
noun
Sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
Definition of 'Description'
From: GCIDE
- Description \De*scrip"tion\, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe.]
- 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Milton has descriptions of morning. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. [1913 Webster]
- A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- The plates were all of the meanest description. --Macaulay.
- Syn: Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See Definition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'description'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- anecdote,
- blood,
- brand,
- breed,
- cast,
- category,
- character,
- characterization,
- chronicle,
- clan,
- class,
- color,
- commentary,
- construction,
- definition,
- delineation,
- denomination,
- depiction,
- designation,
- diagnosis,
- differentiation,
- distinction,
- explanation,
- feather,
- form,
- genre,
- genus,
- grain,
- history,
- ilk,
- interpretation,
- kidney,
- kin,
- kind,
- label,
- line,
- lot,
- make,
- manner,
- mark,
- meaning,
- memoir,
- mold,
- narration,
- narrative,
- nature,
- number,
- persuasion,
- phylum,
- picture,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- presentment,
- race,
- reading,
- recital,
- record,
- recountal,
- recounting,
- report,
- representation,
- shape,
- sort,
- species,
- stamp,
- statement,
- story,
- strain,
- stripe,
- style,
- tale,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- thumbnail sketch,
- tribe,
- type,
- variety,
- version,
- way of seeing,
- yarn