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