English-Thai Dictionary
description
N การ พรรณา การบรรยาย การอธิบาย การ บอก การ เล่า narrative report article record kan-pa-na-na
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DESCRIPTION
n. 1. The act of delineating, or representing the figure of any thing by a plan, to be presented to the eye.
2. The figure or appearance of any thing delineated, or represented by visible lines, marks, colors, etc. ; as the description of a country, or of Solomons temple.
3. The act of representing a thing by words or by signs, or the passage containing such representation; a representation of names, nature of properties, that gives to another a view of the thing. Homer abounds with beautiful and striking descriptions.
4. A definition. All definitions must be less perfect descriptions of a material thing, than a visible figure or delineation.
5. The qualities expressed in a representation; as, a man of this description. Hence,
6. The persons having the qualities expressed; a class of persons to whom a description is applicable, or who are in a similar condition.
The secretary proceeds to examine, whether a difference ought to be permitted to remain between them and another description of public creditors.
Persons of different descriptions.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DESCRIPTION
De *scrip "tion, n. Etym: [F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe. ]
1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
2. 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. Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster.
3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. A difference. .. between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See Definition.
New American Oxford Dictionary
description
de scrip tion |diˈskripSHən dəˈskrɪpʃən | ▶noun 1 a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event: people who had seen him were able to give a description. • the action of giving such a representation or account: teaching by demonstration and description. 2 a sort, kind, or class of people or things: ships of every description . PHRASES beyond description to a great and astonishing extent: his face was swollen beyond description. defy description be so unusual or remarkable as to be impossible to describe: the sheer scale of the Requiem defies description. answer ( to ) (or fit ) the description have the qualities specified. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descriptio (n- ), from describere ‘write down. ’
Oxford Dictionary
description
de |scrip |tion |dɪˈskrɪpʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event: people who had seen him were able to give a description. • [ mass noun ] the action of giving a spoken or written account: the emphasis was placed on explanation rather than description. 2 a type or class of people or things: it is laughably easy to buy drugs of all descriptions. PHRASES beyond description to a great and astonishing extent: his face was swollen beyond description. defy description be so unusual or remarkable as to be impossible to describe. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descriptio (n- ), from describere ‘write down ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
description
description noun 1 a description of my travels: account, report, rendition, explanation, illustration; chronicle, narration, narrative, story, commentary; portrayal, portrait; details. 2 the description of horse racing as “the sport of kings ”: designation, labeling, naming, dubbing, pronouncement; characterization, classification, branding; portrayal, depiction. 3 vehicles of every description: sort, variety, kind, type, category, order, breed, class, designation, specification, genre, genus, brand, make, character, ilk, stripe.
Oxford Thesaurus
description
description noun 1 Darwin's description of the theory of sexual selection | the court demanded a written description of the missing animals: account, explanation, elucidation, illustration, representation, interpretation; chronicle, report, narration, narrative, story, recounting, rendition, relation, commentary, version, portrayal, portrait, word picture, evocation; details. 2 I object to your description of them as ‘paper-shufflers ’: designation, styling, calling, labelling, naming, dubbing, pronouncement; characterization, classification, classing, categorization, branding; portrayal, depiction, hailing, painting. 3 the roads were jammed with vehicles of every description: sort, variety, kind, style, type, category, order, breed, species, class, designation, specification, genre, genus, brand, make, character, ilk, kidney, grain, stamp, mould; N. Amer. stripe.
French Dictionary
description
description n. f. nom féminin Action de décrire. : Une description détaillée d ’un accident. SYNONYME exposé ; narration ; récit . LOCUTION Description d ’emploi, de fonction, de poste, de tâche. État des fonctions et tâches, des responsabilités et des relations d ’autorité propres à un emploi ainsi que des qualités exigées pour le remplir. : Des descriptions d ’emploi (s ), de fonction (s ), de poste (s ), de tâche (s ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
description
de scrip tion /dɪskrɪ́pʃ (ə )n /→describe 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (言葉による )記述 , 描写, 説明 ; U 記述 [描写, 説明 ]すること ▸ Bill gave the police a complete [full ] description of the event .ビルは警察にその出来事の一部始終を述べた ▸ provide a detailed [an accurate ] description of one's idea 自分の考えを詳細に [正確に ]表す ▸ a brief [general ] description of the requirements for the job 仕事に必要な条件の簡潔な [だいたいの ]説明 2 C 〖of ～〗種類, たぐい (kind 2, type ) (!all, any, every, some, thatなどを伴う ) ▸ people of every description [all descriptions ]あらゆる種類の人たち ▸ He hasn't been to a school of any description .彼は学校と名のつくものには行ったことがない 3 C (製品などの )説明書 ; 人相書き ▸ a job description 職務内容記述 [説明書 ]▸ John fit [answered, matched ] the description of the man who broke into her house .ジョンは彼女の家に押し入った男の人相書きに一致した b è ggar [def ỳ ] descr í ption 〈物 事が 〉筆舌に尽くしがたい ; 言葉では表せないほどである .bey ò nd [p à st ] descr í ption 言葉では表せないほど (!よい意味にも悪い意味にも用いる ) .
The Wordsmith Dictionary