As a Noun: 1. Facts, details and ideas which are communicated or received about something or someone. English = information. 2. 3. Facts, details and ideas which say why something happened or is the way it is. English = explanation. 4. The act of saying what someone or something is like or an account of what someone or something is like. English = description. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To communicate facts, details and ideas about something or someone. English = inform. 2. To communicate facts, details and ideas about something to say why it happened or is the way that it is. English = explain 3. 4. Of a person, thing or event to say what they are like or what happened. English = describe