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beschrijving — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • denotation noun The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
  • description noun A written or spoken account of what something is like.

Senses

beschrijving is used for these senses in English:

  • denotation The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
  • description 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.

denotation — full definition

  1. noun The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
  2. noun The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
  3. noun The intension and extension of a word
  4. noun Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol

description — full definition

  1. noun A written or spoken account of what something is like.
  2. noun A category or type that something belongs to.

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