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de·scrip·tion |
[Middle English descripcioun, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin dēscrīptiō, dēscrīptiōn-, from dēscrīptus, past participle of dēscrībere, to write down. See describe.]
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Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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If you sell pottery or trinkets of any description, why would you pay rent for a shop or a market stall...when you can market your wares worldwide for a small fee?—Observer, 2005.
| descendant, descendent, derisive, derisory, deprivation | |
| descriptive, desert, dessert, deserter |
Barron's Business Dictionary:
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| Descent, Derived Demand, Derivative Action | |
| Descriptive Memorandum, Descriptive Statistics, Desk |
Barron's Real Estate Dictionary:
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| Descent, Derivative | |
| Descriptlve Memorandum, Detached Housing |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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noun
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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Definition: account in speech, writing
Antonyms: misrepresentation
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Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.
— Andrew V. Mason.
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Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions.
Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story.
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Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes and conventions. Agent and author Evan Marshall (agent) identifies five fiction-writing modes: action, summary, dialogue, feelings/thoughts, and background (Marshall 1988, pp. 143–165). Author and writing-instructor Jessica Page Morrell lists six delivery modes for fiction-writing: action, exposition, description, dialogue, summary, and transition (Morrell 2006, p. 127). Author Peter Selgin refers to methods, including action, dialogue, thoughts, summary, scene, and description (Selgin 2007, p. 38). Currently, there is no consensus within the writing community regarding the number and composition of fiction-writing modes and their uses.
Description is the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Together with dialogue, narration, exposition, and summarization, description is one of the most widely recognized of the fiction-writing modes. As stated in Writing from A to Z, edited by Kirk Polking, description is more than the amassing of details; it is bringing something to life by carefully choosing and arranging words and phrases to produce the desired effect. (Polking, p. 106) The most appropriate and effective techniques for presenting description are a matter of ongoing discussion among writers and writing coaches.
Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is sensually evocative beyond the requirements of its context. It also refers to writing that employs certain rhetorical effects such as exaggerated sentiment or pathos in an attempt to manipulate a reader's response.
In philosophy, the nature of description has been an important question since Bertrand Russels classical texts (cf. Ludlow, 2007).[1]
The word description can be used interchangeably with the word theory
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Translations:
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - beskrivelse, signalement, referat, kategori, art, type
Nederlands (Dutch)
beschrijving, soort
Français (French)
n. - description, signalement, portrait, exposé, sorte, espèce, genre
Deutsch (German)
n. - Beschreibung, Schilderung, Art
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιγραφή, απεικόνιση, είδος, κατηγορία, χαρακτηρισμός
Italiano (Italian)
descrizione, connotati
Português (Portuguese)
n. - descrição (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - descripción, señas personales, clase, género
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beskrivning, signalement
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
描写, 形容, 叙述, 说明书
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 描寫, 形容, 敘述, 說明書
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 記述, 叙述, 描写, 作図, 説明書, 人相書, 種類, 等級, 説明
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) وصف, صوير, نوع, صنف
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תיאור, סוג
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