Description Dɪˈskrɪpʃn Police Noun Follow Link Detailed Software

• follow the link below for a more detailed description.
• a brief description of the software
• the name means ‘no trees’ and it is an accurate description of the island.
• police have issued a description of the gunman.

description

1. a piece of writing or speech that says what somebody/something is like; the act of writing or saying in words what somebody/something is like
• Follow the link below for a more detailed description.
• a brief description of the software
• The name means ‘no trees’ and it is an accurate description of the island.
• Police have issued a description of the gunman.
• This is a film that defies description (= is difficult or impossible to describe).
• the novelist’s powers of description
• a personal pain that goes beyond description (= is too great to express in words)

Extra Examples

• A report is generally an objective description rather than a statement of opinion.
• She gave us a lurid description of the birth.
• She was able to provide a description of the intruder.
• The catalogue gives a full description of each product.
• a vivid description of life in Ancient Rome
• ‘Scared stiff’ is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
2. of some, etc. type
• In the bay were boats of every description.
• There were flying machines of all descriptions whizzing about.
• Their money came from trade of some description.
• The trunk was full of medals, coins and things of that description.
3. 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.
• We're all looking for quick, healthy meals, and pasta this fits this description.

Extra Examples

• A man fitting your description was seen entering the building.
• I realized to my horror that the description of the killer could fit me.
• Police have arrested two men matching the descriptions of the robbers.
4. to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe
• It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descriptio(n-), from describere ‘write down’.