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desc.

desc. is the abbreviation of description.

Meaning of description

Noun

description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)

  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.
    • give a verbal description of the events
    Synonyms:
    portrait
  2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
  3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
    • The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
    Synonyms:
    sort, kind, type, variety
  4. A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
    • The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
  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.

Forms of desc.

pluraldescs.

Questions about desc.

What is desc. the abbreviation of?
Desc. is the abbreviation of description.

Words near desc. in the dictionary

  1. desayes
  2. Desbiens
  3. Desborough
  4. Desboroughs
  5. desc
  6. desc.
  7. descabello
  8. descabellos
  9. descalcified
  10. descale
  11. descaled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desc. (page history and authors); description (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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