description
A sketch or account of anything in wordsA sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
» Tom wrote a very detailed description.
Том составил очень подробное описание.
Том склав дуже детальний опис.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
give a verbal description of the events
a realistic description
Beschreibung, Deskription
описа́ниеopisánije
о́писópys
(countable, uncountable)The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
описа́ниеopisánije
the act of describing something
(countable, uncountable)A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
описа́ниеopisánije
(countable, uncountable)A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
(countable, uncountable)The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
(countable, uncountable)A descriptive linguistic survey.
Examples
168 sentencesTom wrote a very detailed description.
Том склав дуже детальний опис.
ruТом составил очень подробное описание.
I like that description.
Мені подобається цей опис.
ruМне нравится это описание.
deIch mag die Beschreibung.
The princess was beautiful beyond description.
ruПринцесса была неописуемо красива.
That's part of the job description.
deDas ist Teil der Stellenbeschreibung.
That's not in my job description.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīFrom Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“to describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.
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Forms
plural: descriptions| Singular | description |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a statement that represents something in words:verbal description
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable