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.
give a verbal description of the events
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”). Equivalent to describe + -tion.
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