description

Значение

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

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/

Этимология

From Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”).

Предложения

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

Описание внезапно заканчивается во время войны графа, возможно, из -за смерти Хельгесена.