Associations to the word «Description»

Wiktionary

DESCRIPTION, noun. 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.
DESCRIPTION, noun. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
DESCRIPTION, noun. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
DESCRIPTION, noun. (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
DESCRIPTION LOGIC, noun. (logic) One of a family of knowledge representation languages which can be used to represent the concept definitions of an application domain (known as terminological knowledge) in a structured and formally well-understood way.
DESCRIPTION WORD, noun. Adjective
DESCRIPTION WORDS, noun. Plural of description word

Dictionary definition

DESCRIPTION, noun. A statement that represents something in words.
DESCRIPTION, noun. The act of describing something.
DESCRIPTION, noun. Sort or variety; "every description of book was there".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley