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.
Any important word in a text or document, which may be linked to other words or other information, or at least merely listed in the metadata for searches to find.
A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc.
Any word used as the key to a code.
Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal.
Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information.
To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching.