definite description
Britishnoun
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a description that is modified by the definite article or a possessive, such as the woman in white or Rosemary's baby
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a similar plural expression, such as the kings of Scotland
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In a sense, this process of disambiguating the reference for the name “Kevin” is a process of seeking a more definite description to supplement the proper name.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
A definite description is a way of analyzing names and object terms for the purpose of making them more like predicates.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
It has the advantage of being capable of being recorded in a numerical way, and of allowing a detailed and definite description of all the succeeding generations.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Miss Pratt was an old maid; but that is a no more definite description than if I had said she was in the autumn of life.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot
Some vague idea of the actual land of Syria must have flashed in Homer's mind; no more definite description is possible.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
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