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UK
/dɪskɹˈɪpʃən/
]
[ US /dɪsˈkɹɪpʃən/ ]
[ US /dɪsˈkɹɪpʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a statement that represents something in words
- the act of describing something
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sort or variety
every description of book was there
How To Use description In A Sentence
- The first, built by Solomon (1012 B.C.) appears from the Biblical description [6] to have combined Egyptian conceptions (successive courts, lofty entrance-pylons, the Sanctuary and the sekos or “Holy of Holies”) with A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
- I had a full a la carte menu to choose from, freshly cooked meats, chilled lasagne (a favourite) and cakes of every description.
- Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
- In a sense the inclusion of an implied term of correspondence with description is a little surprising.
- As soon as Christ was alone with his disciples he gave them a description of those desolations which is recorded in the following chapter, and is so plain, and made such an impression on the Sermons on Various Important Subjects
- I could continue this yo-yo description of euroland affairs were it not that I will run out of good news to juxtapose against the bad. Euroland Should Prepare for More Ups and Downs in Its Yo-Yo Economy
- Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
- Otherwise, the sketch is exactly accurate, and is here presented as the unprejudiced description and estimate of a foreign gentleman, who had no inducement, such as might be attributed to a Southern writer, to overcolor his portrait. A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
- None of the fathers' job descriptions given on the birth certificate referred to work at a nuclear establishment.
- La transcendance de l'égo: esquisse d'une description phénoménologique. Jean-Paul Sartre - Bibliography