Descriptionnoun
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.
Captionnoun
(typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
Descriptionnoun
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
Captionnoun
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
Descriptionnoun
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
‘The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description.’;
Captionnoun
(cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
Descriptionnoun
(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
‘The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist.’;
Captionnoun
(legal) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
Descriptionnoun
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
Captionnoun
A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
Descriptionnoun
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.’;
Captionverb
To add captions to a text or illustration.
‘Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.’;
Descriptionnoun
A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
‘A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors.’; ‘The plates were all of the meanest description.’;
Captionverb
To add captions to a film or broadcast.
Descriptionnoun
a statement that represents something in words
Captionnoun
A caviling; a sophism.
‘This doctrine is for caption and contradiction.’;
Descriptionnoun
the act of describing something
Captionnoun
The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
Descriptionnoun
sort or variety;
‘every description of book was there’;
Captionnoun
That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
Descriptionnoun
a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event
‘people who had seen him were able to give a description’;
Captionnoun
The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
Descriptionnoun
the action of giving a spoken or written account
‘the emphasis was placed on explanation rather than description’;
Captionnoun
taking exception; especially an quibble based on a captious argument;
‘a mere caption unworthy of a reply’;
Descriptionnoun
a type or class of people or things
‘it is laughably easy to buy drugs of all descriptions’;
Captionnoun
translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
Description
Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration.
Captionnoun
brief description accompanying an illustration
Captionverb
provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing
