description

One entry found for description.

Main Entry: de·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: di-'skrip-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English descripcioun, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin description-, descriptio, from describere
1 a : an act of describing; specifically : discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced b : a descriptive statement or account
2 : kind or character especially as determined by salient features <opposed to any tax of so radical a description>
synonym see TYPE