definite description

noun

1. a description that is modified by the definite article or a possessive, such as the woman in white or Rosemary's baby
2. a similar plural expression, such as the kings of Scotland

Example Sentences

Thus "a man" is an ambiguous description, and "the man with the iron mask" is a definite description.

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Can you give us a more definite description as to complexion?

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The steam engine of Captain Savery, also an Englishman, is the first of which any definite description has been preserved.

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More definite description might be given of these parties than that pictured here.

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Thus 'a man' is an ambiguous description, and 'the man with the iron mask' is a definite description.

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