description
a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
the act or method of describing.
sort; kind; variety: dogs of every description.
Geometry. the act or process of describing a figure.
Origin of description
1Other words for description
Other words from description
- pre·de·scrip·tion, noun
- re·de·scrip·tion, noun
- self-de·scrip·tion, noun
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How to use description in a sentence
Those are all words Caveman uses in their own self-description, and they say it's exactly what they're trying to achieve.
Ailes acknowledged to me that the CNN contributor has moved away from that self-description.
Roger Ailes Couldn’t Care Less What You Think About His Obama Comments | Howard Kurtz | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mainstream press has been almost universally eager to indulge his self-description.
The above-written self-description does not display a personality particularly attractive.
Jerome Cardan | William George WatersThe incompleteness of the self-description must not be mistaken for simulation or affectation.
Even Gorman and Watson accepted him at his self-description.
A Son Of The Sun | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for description
/ (dɪˈskrɪpʃən) /
a statement or account that describes; representation in words
the act, process, or technique of describing
sort, kind, or variety: reptiles of every description
geometry the act of drawing a line or figure, such as an arc
philosophy a noun phrase containing a predicate that may replace a name as the subject of a sentence
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Other Idioms and Phrases with description
see beggar description.
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