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.
A descriptive linguistic survey.
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.
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.