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
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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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is description a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, description is tagged as noun.
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