English-Spanish translations for description

• descripción
  Se trata solo de una descripción de los problemas. It is just a description of the problems.
  Será una descripción medida por medida. It will be a measure-by-measure description.
  Es una descripción de la realidad clara y acertada. That is a good clear description of the reality.
• disculpa
• explicación
  Comisario Byrne, gracias por la explicación, que puede considerarse casi como una descripción extremadamente precisa de la situación. Commissioner Byrne, thank you for the explanation, which can almost be seen as an extremely accurate description of the situation.
• señalamiento

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.

Related words

• metadescription
• meta-description
• description word
• description of a journey
• job description
• page description language
• hardware description language
• audio description
• definite description