description

UK: /dɪˈskrɪpʃ^ən/ US: /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/ ,(di skrip′shən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•scrip•tion /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/   n. 

1. a statement or an account that describes:
   [countable] provided the police with a description of the killer.
2. the act or method of describing:
   [uncountable] A police officer develops good powers of observation and description.
3. [count; usually singular] sort;
   kind;
   variety:
   She liked dogs of every description.

de•scrip•tive /dɪˈskrɪptɪv/  adj.: 

She wrote a descriptive essay of her favorite place.

de•scrip•tive•ly, adv. See -scrib-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•scrip•tion  (di skrip′shən), n. 

1. a statement, picture in words, or account that describes;
   descriptive representation.
2. the act or method of describing.
3. sort;
   kind;
   variety:
   dogs of every description.
4. Mathematics [Geom.] the act or process of describing a figure.

• Latin dēscrīptiōn- (stem of dēscrīptiō), equivalent. to dēscrīpt(us) (past participle of dēscrībere to describe) + -iōn- -ion
• Middle English descripcioun 1300–50

Synonyms

• 3. species; nature, character, condition; ilk.

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description / dɪˈskrɪpʃən/ noun

1. a statement or account that describes; representation in words
2. the act, process, or technique of describing
3. sort, kind, or variety: reptiles of every description