Usually means: Representations of characteristics through words.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word descriptions:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. descriptions: Merriam-Webster
  2. descriptions: Collins English Dictionary
  3. descriptions: Vocabulary.com
  4. Descriptions, description's, descriptions: Wordnik
  5. descriptions: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. descriptions: Wiktionary
  7. descriptions: Dictionary.com
  8. Descriptions: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. descriptions: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. descriptions: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. descriptions: Legal dictionary
  3. descriptions: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. descriptions: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. descriptions: Idioms
  2. descriptions: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (description)

noun:  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.
noun:  The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
noun:  A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
noun:  (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
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