Description

  • 21description — n. 1) to give, provide a description 2) to answer to a description (he answers to the description of the escaped convict) 3) to beggar, defy description 4) an accurate, correct, exact; blow by blow; clear; detailed, thorough; firsthand; glowing;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22DESCRIPTION — s. f. Discours par lequel on décrit, on dépeint. Il y a de belles descriptions dans cet historien, dans ce poëte. La description d un palais, d une maison, d un jardin, d un paysage, d une tempête, des effets d une passion. Faire une description …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 23description — [[t]dɪskrɪ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ descriptions 1) N VAR: oft N of n A description of someone or something is an account which explains what they are or what they look like. Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty …

    English dictionary

  • 24DESCRIPTION — n. f. Action de décrire, développement par lequel on décrit, on dépeint. Faire une description. La description d’un palais, d’une maison, d’un paysage, d’une tempête, des effets d’une passion. La description d’une plante, d’un animal, d’une… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25Description — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Description >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 description description account statement report Sgm: N 1 expose expose &c.(disclosure) 529 specification particulars Sgm: N 1 state of facts state of facts summary o …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26description — noun 1) a description of my travels Syn: account, report, rendition, explanation, illustration; chronicle, narration, narrative, story, commentary; portrayal, portrait; details 2) the description of horse racing as the sport of kings …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27description — noun 1) a description of my travels Syn: account, report, narrative, story, portrayal, portrait, sketch, details 2) the description of oil as black gold Syn: designation, labelling …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 28description — noun Etymology: Middle English descripcioun, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin description , descriptio, from describere Date: 14th century 1. a. an act of describing; specifically discourse intended to give a mental image of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29description — a more or less complete statement of the observed characters of a taxon, without any special emphasis on those which distinguish it from other closely related taxa. The original description is the first, formal description of a new taxon …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 30description — /di skrip sheuhn/, n. 1. a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation. 2. the act or method of describing. 3. sort; kind; variety: dogs of every description. 4. Geom. the act or process of describing a… …

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