English noun: description |
1. | description (communication) a statement that represents something in words |
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| Synonyms | verbal description |
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| Broader (hypernym) | statement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, job description, picture, spec, specification, word picture, word-painting |
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2. | description (communication) the act of describing something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | speech act |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | characterisation, characterization, detailing, label, particularisation, particularization, sketch, vignette |
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3. | description (cognition) sort or variety |
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| Samples | Every description of book was there.
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| Broader (hypernym) | form, kind, sort, variety |
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