noun. The act, process, or technique of describing.

noun. A statement or an account describing something.

noun. A pictorial representation.

noun. A kind or sort.

noun. The act of delineating or depicting; representation by visible lines, marks, colors, etc.

noun. The act of representing a thing by words or signs, or the account or writing containing such representation; a statement designed to make known the appearance, nature, attributes, accidents, or incidents of anything: as, a description of a house or of a battle.

noun. The qualities expressed in a representation; the combination of qualities which go to constitute a class or an individual, and would be mentioned in describing it; hence, a variety; sort; kind.

noun. Synonyms Relation, Narrative, etc. (see account), delineation, portrayal, sketch.

noun. Sort, cast, quality.

noun. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

noun. 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.

noun. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.

noun. 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.

noun. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

noun. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

noun. A scientific documentation of a specimen intended to reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.

noun. sort or variety

noun. the act of describing something

noun. a statement that represents something in words

"The description of the plague follows, but it follows only _as a description_."