desc
Genealogy chart abbreviation
Desc is an abbreviation for descending, used primarily in computing and data contexts to specify sort order: ORDER BY date desc.
It contrasts with asc (ascending).
Outside technical contexts, desc occasionally abbreviates description: See product desc for details.
Detailed technical requirement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- captionText accompanying an image
label · tag · header · summary · abstract · brief · readme · tooltip
Convey in words
- depictRepresent through art
- detailSingle small element
- narrateTell a story aloud
- recountNarrate or retally
explain · relate · outline · summarize · report · convey · articulate · communicate
specification
Detailed technical requirement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
caption · label · tag · header · summary · abstract · brief · readme · tooltip · schema
describe
Convey in words
recount · explain · relate · outline · summarize · report · convey · articulate · communicate · verbalize
portray
Represent through performance
embody · personify · symbolize · epitomize · profile · capture · convey · express · interpret · encapsulate
depict
Represent through art
- illustrateExplain through depiction
- renderCause to become
- drawCreate with pencil
sketch · paint · visualize · picture · image · represent · capture · draft · diagram · map
descancestor
Predecessor in lineage
ascendant · forebear · progenitor · forefather · antecedent
- descend onArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- direct descendantAncestor's biological successor
- descend uponArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- descent into madnessProgressive loss of sanity
- controlled descentIntentional, regulated falling
- descending orderArrangement from greatest downward
descend, descent, descending, descended, descender, descenders, descendant, descendants