English-Italian translations for description
- descrizioneSi tratterà di una descrizione misura per misura. It will be a measure-by-measure description. Credo sia una giusta descrizione del nostro sistema. I think that is a fair description of our system. La descrizione è molto succinta, ma molto ipocrita. The description is very succinct, but very hypocritical.
Definition of description
- 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
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized
- A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science
- The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage
Examples
- The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.
- The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.
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