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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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDESCRIPTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     DESCRIPTION meaning: 1. something that tells you what...

   • Znaczenie Description, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     DESCRIPTION definicja: 1. something that tells you what...

   • Description in Japanese

     DESCRIPTION translate: 描写, 叙述（じょじゅつ）. Learn more in the...

   • Description in Russian

     DESCRIPTION translate: описание . Learn more in the...

   • Description in Korean

     DESCRIPTION translate: 묘사. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Description in Polish

     DESCRIPTION translate: opis, opis, opis, rodzaj. Learn more...

   • Traditional

     DESCRIPTION translate: 描述，描寫，描繪. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Translate English to Italian

     description translate: descrizione, descrizione,...

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   Description definition: a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.. See examples of DESCRIPTION used in a sentence.

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   A description puts something in words, like a portrait puts a person in paint. The lawnmower you came home with did not quite fit the description of the dishwasher you went shopping for. The root for description is the Latin word descriptio, meaning “to write down.”.

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