description.

1. An account of the characteristics of something.

2. A kind or category of thing.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• description of a process
• detailed description

On the page

The description of the process omitted why the final stage was needed.

A detailed description still left the cause unresolved.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular description; plural descriptions. Also uncountable for describing. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.