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description

noun
/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“to describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.

  1. derived from dēscrīptiō
  2. derived from description
  3. inherited from descripcioun

Definitions

  1. A sketch or account of anything in words

    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

  2. The act of describing

    The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

  3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

    • The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech…

      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.

    3. A descriptive linguistic survey.

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Derived

audiodescription, audio description, beggar description, charge description master, descriptional, descriptionally, descriptionism, descriptionist, descriptionistic, description language, descriptionless, description logic, description word, hardware description language, ideographic description sequence, job description, metadescription, misdescription, nondescription, nondescriptional, of any description, of some description, overdescription, redescription, videodescription, video description

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at description. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at description. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at description

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA