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# Symbol.prototype.description

The read-only **`description`** property is a string returning the optional description of `Symbol` objects.

## Description

`Symbol` objects can be created with an optional description which can be used for debugging but not to access the symbol itself. The `Symbol.prototype.description` property can be used to read that description. It is different to `Symbol.prototype.toString()` as it does not contain the enclosing `"Symbol()"` string. See the examples.
