description

Universal Words noun 1 [C,U] (of sb/sth) a piece of writing or speech that says what sb/sth is like; the act of writing or saying in words what sb/sth is like: to give a detailed / full description of the procedure * a brief / general description of the software * Police have issued a description of the gunman. * 'Scared stiff' is an apt description of how I felt at that moment. * a personal pain that goes beyond description (= is too great to express in words) * the novelist's powers of description 2 [C] of some, all, every, etc. of some, etc. type: boats of every description / all descriptions * Their money came from trade of some description. * medals, coins and things of that description IDIOMS answer / fit a description (of sb/sth) to be like a particular person or thing: A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday. moreatBEGGARv.