The word is in the Wiktionary

20 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• description n. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration…
• description n. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
• description n. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
• description n. (Taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
• description n. (Linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech…
• description n. (Linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Old french
  • description n. Description.

— English word, defined in German —

• description S. Beschreibung.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• description n. Beschrijving, descriptie.

— English words, defined in French —

• description n. Description.
• description n. Discussion.
• description n. Signalement d’une personne.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• description s. Descripción.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• description s. Descrição.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• description s. Descrizione.

— In French —

• description n.f. Action de décrire, développement par lequel on décrit…
• description n.f. Inventaire qui indique le nombre et la qualité des meubles…
• description n.f. Livre qui fait connaître l’état présent d’une région, d’un…
• description n.f. (Logique) Définition imparfaite.
• description n.f. (Géométrie) Action de décrire, de tracer une ligne, une surface.

44 English words from 7 English definitions

account account␣of act actual and anything can characteristics delineation describing Description descriptive documentation enumeration for given introducing language linguistic Linguistics marks of␣a or␣something portraiture practice purpose recognized recording representation science scientific set signs sketch someone something speech survey taxon Taxonomy the usage which words

9 English words from 13 foreign definitions

Action des Description Discussion fait Livre par surface tracer

28 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

Beschreibung Beschrijving connaître décrire décrit Définition Descrição Descripción descriptie Descrizione développement état Géométrie imparfaite indique Inventaire lequel ligne Logique meubles nombre personne présent qualité qui région Signalement une

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

descriptions descriptional descriptionist descriptionally descriptionists descriptionless description␣word descriptionistic description␣logic description␣words description␣logics

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redescriptions job␣descriptions misdescriptions nondescriptions metadescriptions nondescriptional audio␣descriptions

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

redescription job␣description misdescription nondescription metadescription audiodescription audio-description audio␣description videodescription video␣description beggar␣description

30 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

crip Crip des dEs Des DEs DES des- descript Esc ESC escript ion Ion -ion PTI rip Rip RIP ript SCR scr. SCr. scrip script scription tio Tio tion -tion

18 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CSE IRC IRCs IRC's ITP NOI noit OIt OIT PIR RCs RCS R/Cs RCSE sed SED tpi TPI

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

discerption predictions

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

descriptions discerptions periodontics prædictions predications redepictions

17 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

cI␣proteins cretinoids depictions desciption directions direptions discretion doctrinise epornitics indescript isentropic neritopsid pectinoids perditions petroicids prediction triniscope

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

rescription

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

desciption

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