description

/di-ˈskrip-shən/

Middle English descripcioun, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin description-, descriptio, from describere seedescribe

noun

  1. an act of describing; specifically : discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced

  2. a statement or account giving the characteristics of someone or something : a descriptive statement or account

  3. kind or character especially as determined by salient features

The review was little more than a description of the film's plot.

type kind sort nature description character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities. type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group. kind may suggest natural grouping.

noun

  1. the act or an instance of describing oneself; also : a self-descriptive statement

… earned a postwar degree from Harvard Law School, forever beggaring his self-description as “

idiom

  1. —used to talk about something that is very difficult to describe