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description

Definitions of description
  1. noun
    a statement that represents something in words
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    types:
    illustration
    a graphic or vivid verbal description
    portrait
    a word picture of a person's appearance and character
    type of:
    déclaration
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  2. noun
    a representation by picture or portraiture
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    processus figuratif
    any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
  3. noun
    a graphic or vivid verbal description
    synonyms: illustration
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    types:
    portrait
    a word picture of a person's appearance and character
  4. noun
    the act of describing something
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    type of:
    expression, formulation
    the use of language to perform some act
  5. noun
    representation by drawing or painting etc
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    représentation visuelle
    visual representation as by photography or painting
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