description
noun
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definition, sketch, confession, picture, narration, explanation, detail, summary, depiction, information, version, tale, statement, narrative, report, portrayal, story, characterization, sort, characterExamples from the Web for descriptions
Contemporary Examples of descriptions
Issy did not consent to these descriptions, nor could she defend herself.
The Mommy Blogger Who Tried to Kill Her Autistic Daughter Talks to Dr. PhilElizabeth Picciuto
October 1, 2014
There are no descriptions, just a flier handed out at the entrance with a brief overview of each piece.
Bob Kaiser, chief of tropical diseases at the CDC, was stumped by the descriptions of the fever.
Some of the descriptions were so exact that, as a dress historian, I knew what they were talking about.
He interviewed those involved separately and cross-referenced their descriptions of what happened.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of DeathPatricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
Historical Examples of descriptions
He made quite a good picture of you in one of them, drawn from my descriptions.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
But you can tell me so much more about them than I can tell you, that why should I tire you with my accounts and descriptions?
Little DorritCharles Dickens
The descriptions of these old rectory-houses are interesting.
English VillagesP. H. Ditchfield
Besides this, a great many other descriptions are spun there.
Bremen Cotton ExchangeAndreas Wilhelm Cramer
Many sermons have been filled with descriptions of celestial or infernal mansions.
PhaedoPlato