description
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/
description
- 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.
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- (taxonomy) 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.
- (linguistics) 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.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- French: description
- German: Beschreibung
- Italian: descrizione
- Portuguese: descrição
- Russian: описа́ние
- Spanish: descripción
- French: signalement
- Russian: описа́ние
- Spanish: señalamiento
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