Description

de-scrip-tion

Description[1] is a noun that is an audible or composed portrayal of a person, object, or event. These characteristics can be used to understand or imagine the person,object, or event in great detail without a visual.

Origin of Description

late 14c., from Old French description (12c.) and directly from Latin descriptionem (nominative descriptio) "representation, description, copy," noun of action from past participle stem of describere "write down, transcribe, copy, sketch," from de- "down" (see de-) + scribere "write".

Synonyms

Brief
Definition
Explanation
Information
Portrayal
Statement
Summary
Vignette
Write-Up

Multimedia of Description

Example video of description[2]

Example video of description[3]

Example of a Job Description

Example of a Suspect Description

References

http://thesaurus.com/browse/description

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=description&searchmode=none