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English Dictionary: description	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
description n a statement that represents something in words [syn: description, verbal description] the act of describing something sort or variety; "every description of book was there"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Description \Descrip"tion\, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See {Describe}.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 2. 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. Milton has descriptions of morning. --D. Webster. 3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. A difference . . . between them and another description* of public creditors. --A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. --Macaulay. Syn: Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See {Definition}.