description
[dɪˈskrɪpʃn]
Definition:
1. A statement that represents something in words.
2. The act of describing something.
3. Sort or variety.
'description' example sentence:
- Let's start with a description of the suitcase.
- Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument.
- It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to San Antonio.
- Hence the description of America as a "graveyard" for languages.
- We thought we were on the wrong track when we heard their description of you.
- A brief description of your proposed project, and an estimated budget.
- His face is weary beyond description.
- Descriptions of the pieces have been logged on computer by the Art Loss Register.
- The description fits us to a tee.
- Could you just give us a description of your cat?
- The woman's inaccurate description of the whole incident.
- That may sound like a description of every teenager on the planet.
- The Japanese never built any aircraft remotely answering to this description.
- Police have issued a description of the gunman.
- She made a vivid description of her tour.
- We know them as inaccurate and misleading property descriptions.
- This description even fits the majority of eminent scholars.
- That's a good description, Mrs. Drummond. You're very observant.
- The book ends on a lengthy description of Hawaii.
- The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
- This description didn't seem to tally with what we saw.
- Include it along with your description and analysis.
- The paper provides a detailed description of how to create human embryos by cloning.
- A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday.
- We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
- Surely they must have a description.
- The beauty of the scene defies description.
- It was a good enough description for Mattie to be going on with.
- The description of any animal as an "evolutionary throwback" is controversial.
- This description teaches others how to find the problem.
- We had only a vague description of the attacker.
- She gave an exact description of the attacker.
- Why do I resist the description?
- Events of this description occurred daily.
- They gave a general description of the man.
- The description was pretty vague.
- He has a real gift for vivid description.
- Two men answering the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland.
- Plainly, a more objective method of description must be adopted.
- Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty.
- The catalogue gives a full description of each product.
- She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker.
- You could get them under the Trade Descriptions Act for that!
- Their money came from trade of some description.
- The witness's descriptions were too imprecise to be of any real value.
- 'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
- It offers the widest selection of antiques of every description in a one day market.
- Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.
- This report offered the most specific and accurate description of the problems.
- Doctors can get the wrong impression from even an accurate description.
- Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
- Write a very brief description of a typical problem.