ETYM French description, Latin descriptio. Related to Describe.
1. A act of describing something.
2. A statement that represents something in words; SYN. verbal description.
3. Sort or variety.
1. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
2. Ny new embodiment of a familiar idea; SYN. incarnation, avatar.
ETYM Latin illustratio: cf. French illustration.
1. A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand.
2. Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive.
ETYM French, from Latin imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. Related to Imitate, Imagine.
An iconic mental representation; SYN. mental image.
ETYM Old Eng. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, Old Fren. fantôme, from Latin phantasma, Greek, from phanastai to show. Related to Fancy, Phaëton, Phantasm, Phase.
1. A ghost; the apparition of a dead person.
2. Any residual trace or faint idea.
ETYM Latin pictura, from pingere, pictum, to paint: cf. French peinture. Related to Paint.
1. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface; SYN. image, icon, ikon.
2. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; SYN. pictorial matter.
3. A situation treated as an observable object; or; SYN. scene.
4. A typical example of some state or quality.
1. A word picture of a person's appearance and character; SYN. portraiture, portrait.
2. Acting the part of a character on stage; SYN. enactment.
ETYM Latin praesentatio a showing, representation: cf. French présentation.
1. The activity of presenting something.
2. The act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it.
3. The act of presenting a proposal.
4. The act of presenting something; SYN. presentment, demonstration.
5. Formally making a person known to another or to the public; SYN. introduction, intro.
1. A document that must be accepted and paid by another person.
2. An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative; SYN. notification.
ETYM French représentation, Latin representatio.
1. A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; SYN. mental representation, internal representation.
2. A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting.
3. A visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.
4. An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.
5. The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group.
6. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent; SYN. delegacy, agency.
1. A message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
2. A nonverbal message
3. A document showing credits and debits; SYN. financial statement.
4. (Music) The presentation of a musical theme