"description" meaning in English

See description in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈskrɪpʃən/ [UK] Audio: en-us-description.ogg [US] Forms: description [singular], descriptions [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A description is a phrase or sentence that tells you what something is, or what something is like. A dictionary has descriptions of words, and a biography has descriptions of events in a person's life.
    Sense id: simple-description-en-noun-zlfXePCe
     
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After coming back from Costa Rica, he gave me a long description of the swimming and sight-seeing he did there."
        }
      ],
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        "A description is a phrase or sentence that tells you what something is, or what something is like. A dictionary has descriptions of words, and a biography has descriptions of events in a person's life."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈskrɪpʃən/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descriptions",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        {
          "text": "After coming back from Costa Rica, he gave me a long description of the swimming and sight-seeing he did there."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈskrɪpʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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