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description in American English · 1. the act, process, art, or technique of describing or picturing in words · 2. a statement or passage that describes · 3. sort, ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'description'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× description (dɪskrɪpʃən ) Wordforms:pluraldescriptions 1. variablenoun Adescriptionofsomeoneorsomethingisanaccountwhichexplainswhattheyareorwhattheylooklike. Policehaveissuedadescriptionofthemanwhowasagedbetweenfiftyandsixty.[+of] Theysendoutdetaileddescriptionsofthejobwiththeapplicationforms. Hehasarealgiftforvividdescription. 2. singularnoun Ifsomethingisofaparticulardescription,itbelongstothegeneralclassofitemsthatarementioned. ...theoldestCatholicchurchofanydescriptioninEngland. Eventsofthisdescriptionoccurreddaily. Synonyms:kind,sort,type,order MoreSynonymsofdescription 3. uncountablenoun Youcansaythatsomethingisbeyonddescription,orthatitdefiesdescription,toemphasizethatitisveryunusual,impressive,terrible,orextreme. [emphasis]Hisfaceiswearybeyonddescription. Wewereinadisastersituationthatdefiesdescription. MoreSynonymsofdescription COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof description Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'description' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'description' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'waldsterben' HindiTranslationof'description' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency descriptioninBritishEnglish (dɪˈskrɪpʃən ) noun1. astatementoraccountthatdescribes;representationinwords 2. theact,process,ortechniqueofdescribing 3. sort,kind,orvariety reptilesofeverydescription 4. geometry theactofdrawingalineorfigure,suchasanarc 5. philosophy anounphrasecontainingapredicatethatmayreplaceanameasthesubjectofasentence CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency descriptioninAmericanEnglish (dɪˈskrɪpʃən ) noun1.  theact,process,art,ortechniqueofdescribingorpicturinginwords 2.  astatementorpassagethatdescribes 3.  sort,kind,orvariety booksofeverydescription 4.  theactoftracingoroutlining thedescriptionofacircle Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEdescripcioun