Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, information-science, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: index term
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information
noun
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: form, word form, signifier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: word
Narrower terms: plural, plural form, singular, singular form, ghost word, root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical, etymon, citation form, main entry word, entry word, abbreviation, acronym
History
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
