description
/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
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; A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized
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Meanings
- 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
Her beauty was beyond description.
Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
The description isn't very clear.
Tatoeba · feyero · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized
- 3
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signsrare
- 4
A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to sciencerare
- 5
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 usagerare
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A descriptive linguistic surveyrare