"description" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/, /dəˈskɹɪpʃən/ Audio: en-us-description.ogg Forms: descriptions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English descripcioun, from Old French description and its etymon, Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|descripcioun}} Middle English descripcioun, {{der|en|fro|description}} Old French description, {{der|en|la|dēscrīptiō}} Latin dēscrīptiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} description (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (account in words): përshkrim [masculine] (Albanian), ἔκφρασις (ékphrasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), περιήγησις (periḗgēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), وَصْف (waṣf) [masculine] (Arabic), تَوْصِيف (tawṣīf) [masculine] (Arabic), تَصْوِير (taṣwīr) [masculine] (Arabic), تَفْصِيل (tafṣīl) [masculine] (Arabic), նկարագրություն (nkaragrutʻyun) (Armenian), təsvir (Azerbaijani), апіса́нне (apisánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), বয়ান (boẏan) (Bengali), описа́ние (opisánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဖေါ်ပြချက် (hpau-pra.hkyak) (Burmese), descripció [feminine] (Catalan), 描寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 描写 (miáoxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 描述 (miáoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), popis [masculine] (Czech), beskrivelse [common-gender] (Danish), beschrijving [feminine] (Dutch), descriptie [feminine] (Dutch), priskribo (Esperanto), kirjeldus (Estonian), kuvaus (Finnish), selitys (Finnish), description [feminine] (French), descrición [feminine] (Galician), აღწერა (aɣc̣era) (Georgian), Beschreibung [feminine] (German), Deskription [feminine] (German), περιγραφή (perigrafí) [feminine] (Greek), תיאור \ תֵּאוּר (te'ur) [masculine] (Hebrew), विवरण (vivraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), वर्णन (varṇan) [masculine] (Hindi), व्याख्या (vyākhyā) [feminine] (Hindi), leírás (Hungarian), lýsing [feminine] (Icelandic), deskripto (Ido), deskripsi (Indonesian), descrizione [feminine] (Italian), 記述 (kijutsu) (alt: きじゅつ) (Japanese), 説明 (setsumei) (alt: せつめい) (Japanese), 描写 (byōsha) (alt: びょうしゃ) (Japanese), баяндау (baändau) (Kazakh), сипаттау (sipattau) (Kazakh), ពិពណ៌នា (pipɔəniə) (Khmer), ពណ៌នា (pɔənaʼniə) (Khmer), ព្យាករណ៍ (pyiəkɑɑ) (Khmer), 묘사 (myosa) (alt: 描寫) (Korean), 기술 (gisul) (alt: 記述) (Korean), 서술 (seosul) (alt: 敍述) (Korean), 설명 (seolmyeong) (alt: 說明) (Korean), баяндоо (bayandoo) (Kyrgyz), сыпаттоо (sıpattoo) (Kyrgyz), deskripsion [feminine] (Ladino), ການພັນລະນາ (kān phan la nā) (Lao), dēscrīptiō [feminine] (Latin), apraksts [masculine] (Latvian), attēlojums [masculine] (Latvian), descriçion (Ligurian), aprašymas [masculine] (Lithuanian), опис (opis) [masculine] (Macedonian), whakaahuatanga (Maori), kuvvailu (Meänkieli), тодорхойлолт (todorxojlolt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), дүрслэл (dürslel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тайлбар (tajlbar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ⴰⴳⵍⴰⵎ (aglam) [masculine] (Moroccan Amazigh), beskrivelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), descripcion (Occitan), ibsa (Oromo), توصيف (tawsīf) [masculine] (Pashto), تصوير (taswīr) [masculine] (Pashto), توصیف (towsif) (Persian), وصف (vasf) (Persian), تصویر (tasvir) (Persian), opis [masculine] (Polish), descrição [feminine] (Portuguese), descripție (Romanian), descriere (Romanian), описа́ние (opisánije) [neuter] (Russian), descreeption (Scots), tuairisgeul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), о̀пис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), òpis [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), popis [masculine] (Slovak), opis [masculine] (Slovene), descripción [feminine] (Spanish), beskrivning [common-gender] (Swedish), paglalarawan (Tagalog), deskripsyon (Tagalog), тавсиф (tavsif) (Tajik), тасвир (tasvir) (Tajik), васф (vasf) (Tajik), тасвир (taswir) (Tatar), тасвирлама (taswirlama) (Tatar), వర్ణన (varṇana) (Telugu), การพรรณนา (gaan-pan-ná-naa) (Thai), འགྲེལ་བཤད། ('grel bshad) (Tibetan), tanım (Turkish), tavsif (Turkish), beýan (Turkmen), о́пис (ópys) [masculine] (Ukrainian), بَیان (bayān) [masculine] (Urdu), تەسۋىر (teswir) (Uyghur), tasvir (Uzbek), tavsif (Uzbek), vasf (Uzbek), sự miêu tả (Vietnamese), sự mô tả (Vietnamese), באַשרײַבונג (bashraybung) [feminine] (Yiddish), באַשרײַבעכץ (bashraybekhts) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-ildhfDty Disambiguation of 'account in words': 70 4 3 3 14 5
  2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of describing): kirjeldamine (Estonian), kuvailu (Finnish), kuvaaminen (Finnish), विवरण (vivraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), व्याख्या (vyākhyā) [feminine] (Hindi), apibūdinimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), описа́ние (opisánije) [neuter] (Russian), тасвирлау (taswirlaw) (Tatar), ངོ་སྤྲོད་བྱེད་པ། (ngo sprod byed pa) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-nnFmvFYM Disambiguation of 'act of describing': 6 66 4 3 20 2
  3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (set of characteristics): описа́ние (opisánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), määritelmä (Finnish), signalement (French), leírás (Hungarian), személyleírás (Hungarian), comharthaí [masculine, plural] (Irish), comharthaí aithne [masculine, plural] (Irish), comharthaí sóirt [masculine, plural] (Irish), описа́ние (opisánije) [neuter] (Russian), tuairisgeul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), señalamiento (Spanish), signalement (Swedish), ཁས་གསལ་བའི་བྱིན་གྲངས། (khas gsal ba'i byin grangs) (Tibetan), vasif (Turkish), באַשרײַבונג (bashraybung) [feminine] (Yiddish), באַשרײַבעכץ (bashraybekhts) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-ZXrZEm5R Disambiguation of 'set of characteristics': 7 8 56 4 22 2
  4. (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Taxonomy Translations (taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon): kuvaus (Finnish), 記載 (kisai) (alt: きさい) (Japanese), རིག་གནས་ཀྱི་དོན་སྤྲོད་དངོས་འཛིན། (rig gnas kyi don sprod dngos 'dzin) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-Vhk8F~qx Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon': 5 1 1 88 4 2
  5. (linguistics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Narratology Translations (linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage): kuvailu (Finnish), སྐད་སྒྲ་གོ་རྒྱུ་བཤད་མཁས་གྲུབ། (skad sgra go rgyu bshad mkhas grub) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-3wza45WV Disambiguation of Narratology: 26 8 5 12 47 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi 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7 53 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 14 11 8 7 53 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 16 10 8 10 51 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage': 9 8 2 2 74 5
  6. (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey): kuvaileva tutkimus (Finnish), སྐད་ཡིག་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཞིབ་འཇུག། (skad yig ngo sprod zhib 'jug) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-description-en-noun-fv3ODx3T Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey': 3 2 1 1 11 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety Related terms: describe, descriptive, prescription, descriptivism, synopsis, interpretation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "nkaragrutʻyun",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "նկարագրություն"
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          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "təsvir"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apisánnje",
          "sense": "account in words",
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "boẏan",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "বয়ান"
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          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hpau-pra.hkyak",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ဖေါ်ပြချက်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descripció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "描寫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miáoxiě",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "描写"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miáoshù",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "描述"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "popis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "beskrivelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beschrijving"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descriptie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "priskribo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "kirjeldus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "kuvaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "selitys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "description"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descrición"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aɣc̣era",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "აღწერა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Beschreibung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Deskription"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perigrafí",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περιγραφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ékphrasis",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἔκφρασις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "periḗgēsis",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περιήγησις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "te'ur",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "תיאור \\ תֵּאוּר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vivraṇ",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विवरण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "varṇan",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वर्णन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vyākhyā",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "व्याख्या"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "leírás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lýsing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "deskripto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "deskripsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descrizione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "きじゅつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kijutsu",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "記述"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "せつめい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsumei",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "説明"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "びょうしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "byōsha",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "描写"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "baändau",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "баяндау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sipattau",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "сипаттау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pipɔəniə",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ពិពណ៌នា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pɔənaʼniə",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ពណ៌នា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pyiəkɑɑ",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ព្យាករណ៍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "描寫",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myosa",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "묘사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "記述",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gisul",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "기술"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "敍述",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seosul",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "서술"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "alt": "說明",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seolmyeong",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "설명"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bayandoo",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "баяндоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sıpattoo",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "сыпаттоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deskripsion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kān phan la nā",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ການພັນລະນາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dēscrīptiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apraksts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "attēlojums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "descriçion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aprašymas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "opis",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "опис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "whakaahuatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fit",
          "lang": "Meänkieli",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "kuvvailu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "todorxojlolt",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "тодорхойлолт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "dürslel",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дүрслэл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tajlbar",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "тайлбар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "zgh",
          "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
          "roman": "aglam",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ⴰⴳⵍⴰⵎ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beskrivelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "descripcion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "ibsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "tawsīf",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "توصيف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "taswīr",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تصوير"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "towsif",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "توصیف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vasf",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "وصف"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tasvir",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "تصویر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "opis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descrição"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "descripție"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "descriere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opisánije",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "описа́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "descreeption"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuairisgeul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "о̀пис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "òpis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "popis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "opis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "descripción"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "beskrivning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "paglalarawan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "deskripsyon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tavsif",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "тавсиф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tasvir",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "тасвир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "vasf",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "васф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "taswir",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "тасвир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "taswirlama",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "тасвирлама"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "varṇana",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "వర్ణన"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-pan-ná-naa",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "การพรรณนา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "'grel bshad",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "འགྲེལ་བཤད།"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "tanım"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "tavsif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "beýan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ópys",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "о́пис"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bayān",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَیان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "teswir",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "تەسۋىر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "tasvir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "tavsif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "vasf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "sự miêu tả"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "account in words",
          "word": "sự mô tả"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 4 3 3 14 5",
          "code": "yi",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "te'ur",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תיאור \\ תֵּאוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vivraṇ",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विवरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "varṇan",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वर्णन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vyākhyā",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "व्याख्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "leírás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lýsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "deskripto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "deskripsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "descrizione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きじゅつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kijutsu",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "記述"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せつめい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsumei",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "説明"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びょうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "byōsha",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "描写"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "baändau",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "баяндау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sipattau",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "сипаттау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pipɔəniə",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "ពិពណ៌នា"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɔənaʼniə",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "ពណ៌នា"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pyiəkɑɑ",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "ព្យាករណ៍"
    },
    {
      "alt": "描寫",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myosa",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "묘사"
    },
    {
      "alt": "記述",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gisul",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "기술"
    },
    {
      "alt": "敍述",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seosul",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "서술"
    },
    {
      "alt": "說明",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seolmyeong",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "설명"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bayandoo",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "баяндоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sıpattoo",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "сыпаттоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deskripsion"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān phan la nā",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "ການພັນລະນາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dēscrīptiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apraksts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "attēlojums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "descriçion"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprašymas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opis",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опис"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "whakaahuatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fit",
      "lang": "Meänkieli",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "kuvvailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "todorxojlolt",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тодорхойлолт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dürslel",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дүрслэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tajlbar",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тайлбар"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "aglam",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⴰⴳⵍⴰⵎ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beskrivelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "descripcion"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "ibsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "tawsīf",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "توصيف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "taswīr",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تصوير"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "towsif",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "توصیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vasf",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "وصف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tasvir",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "تصویر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "descrição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "descripție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "descriere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisánije",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "descreeption"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuairisgeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о̀пис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "òpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "popis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "descripción"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "beskrivning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "paglalarawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "deskripsyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tavsif",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "тавсиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tasvir",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "тасвир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vasf",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "васф"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "taswir",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "тасвир"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "taswirlama",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "тасвирлама"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "varṇana",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "వర్ణన"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-pan-ná-naa",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "การพรรณนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "'grel bshad",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "འགྲེལ་བཤད།"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "tanım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "tavsif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "beýan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ópys",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́пис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bayān",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَیان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "teswir",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "تەسۋىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "tasvir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "tavsif"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "vasf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "sự miêu tả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "word": "sự mô tả"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashraybung",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "באַשרײַבונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashraybekhts",
      "sense": "account in words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "באַשרײַבעכץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "word": "kirjeldamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "word": "kuvailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "word": "kuvaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vivraṇ",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विवरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vyākhyā",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "व्याख्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apibūdinimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisánije",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "taswirlaw",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "word": "тасвирлау"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ngo sprod byed pa",
      "sense": "act of describing",
      "word": "ངོ་སྤྲོད་བྱེད་པ།"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opisánie",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "määritelmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "signalement"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "leírás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "személyleírás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "comharthaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "comharthaí aithne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "comharthaí sóirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisánije",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuairisgeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "señalamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "signalement"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "khas gsal ba'i byin grangs",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "ཁས་གསལ་བའི་བྱིན་གྲངས།"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "word": "vasif"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashraybung",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "באַשרײַבונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashraybekhts",
      "sense": "set of characteristics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "באַשרײַבעכץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon",
      "word": "kuvaus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きさい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisai",
      "sense": "taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon",
      "word": "記載"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rig gnas kyi don sprod dngos 'dzin",
      "sense": "taxonomy: scientific documentation of a taxon",
      "word": "རིག་གནས་ཀྱི་དོན་སྤྲོད་དངོས་འཛིན།"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage",
      "word": "kuvailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skad sgra go rgyu bshad mkhas grub",
      "sense": "linguistics: act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage",
      "word": "སྐད་སྒྲ་གོ་རྒྱུ་བཤད་མཁས་གྲུབ།"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey",
      "word": "kuvaileva tutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skad yig ngo sprod zhib 'jug",
      "sense": "linguistics: descriptive linguistic survey",
      "word": "སྐད་ཡིག་ངོ་སྤྲོད་ཞིབ་འཇུག།"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "description"
  ],
  "word": "description"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.