n.
Pronunciation: di- ' skrip-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English descripcioun, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin description-, descriptio, from describere
Date: 14th century
1 a : an act of describing specifically : discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced b : a descriptive statement or account
2 : kind or character especially as determined by salient features <opposed to any tax of so radical a description >
synonyms see TYPE