descriptions

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.