description

The definition of a description is a statement that is someone or something.

(noun)

An example of description is a story about a family trip.

See description in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME descripcioun < OFr description < L descriptio, a marking out, delineation < pp. of describere

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noun

The act, process, or technique of describing.
A statement or an account describing something: published a description of the journey; gave a vivid description of the game.
A pictorial representation: Monet's ethereal descriptions of haystacks and water lilies.
A kind or sort: cars of every size and description.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English descripcioun

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Latin dēscrīptiō, dēscrīptiōn-

Origin: , from dēscrīptus

Origin: , past participle of dēscrībere, to write down; see describe

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