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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Description \De*scrip"tion\, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See {Describe}.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 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. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: description n 1: a statement that represents something in words [syn: {verbal description}] 2: a act of describing something 3: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
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