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   description

   /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event: "people who had seen him were able to give a description" Similar accountexplanationelucidationillustrationrepresentationinterpretationchroniclereportnarrationnarrativestoryrecountingrenditionrelationcommentaryversionportrayalportraitword pictureevocationdetails
   • ▪ the action of giving a spoken or written account: "the emphasis was placed on explanation rather than description"
   • 2. a type or class of people or things: "it is laughably easy to buy drugs of all descriptions" Similar sortvarietykindstyletypecategoryorderbreedspeciesclassdesignationspecificationgenregenusbrandmakecharacterilkkidneygrainstampmouldstripe

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descriptio(n-), from describere ‘write down’.

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