01 n. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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1.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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2.
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.“Milton has descriptions of morning.” — D. Webster.
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3.
A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.“A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors.” — A. Hamilton.“The plates were all of the meanest description.” — Macaulay.
Syn.
Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See Definition.