description

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
3. (countable, uncountable) A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
4. (countable, uncountable) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, uncountable) A descriptive linguistic survey.

Conceptes

descripció

declaració

retrat

caracterització

narrativa

Sinònims

account

explanation

portrayal

depiction

narration

narrative

picture

delineation

commentary

report

specification

kind

order

story

exposition

signalment

statement

type

definition

appearance

word picture

sort

characterization

representation

news

📰

describing

describe

form

figure

utterance

talk

🗣️

tale

stamp

comment

explication

command

rendition

excuse

elucidation

record

qualification

reference

portrait

characterisation

relation

scenery

designation

interpretation

gloss

sketch

Traduccions

description

Beschreibung

descrizione

descripción

descrição

beschrijving

Schilderung

περιγραφή

signalement

Darstellung

schildering

tafereel

désignation

وَصْف

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.

Frases

The description ends abruptly during the Count's War , perhaps because of Helgesen's death .