description Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a statement that represents something in words
    verbal description.
  2. noun the act of describing something
  3. noun sort or variety
    • every description of book was there

WordNet

De*scrip"tion noun
Etymology
F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913