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   De·scrip·tion

   /dəˈskripSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a spoken or written representation or 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 representation or account: "teaching by demonstration and description"
   • 2. a sort, kind, or class of people or things: "ships of every description" Similar sortvarietykindstyletypecategoryorderbreedspeciesclassdesignationspecificationgenregenusbrandmakecharacterilkkidneygrainstampmoldstripe

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

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