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0 something that tells you what something or someone is like:
- Write a description of your favourite beach.
- She has given the police a very detailed/full description of the robber.
- A girl answering (= matching) the description of the missing teenager was spotted in Glasgow.
- Your paper contains too much description, and not enough discussion of the issues.
- Boats of every description were entering the harbour.
- Her beauty is beyond description.
- The mess in Bart's room defies description (= is very bad)!
1 a statement or a piece of writing that tells what something or someone is like:
- [ C ] Your description of Della was hilarious.
- [ U ] Boats of every description (= of all types) entered the harbor.
- [ U ] The beauty of the Rockies is beyond description (= is impossible to describe).

A witness gave a detailed description of the man.
He gave a very vivid and often shocking description of his time in prison.
The book contains lyrical descriptions of the author's childhood.
Would you say that is an accurate description of the current situation?
A woman of your description was seen in the area on the night of the crime.
The analogies and problems used in these experiments were not specific to any domain of expertise and used fantasy problems relying only on linguistic descriptions.
The semantic descriptions of the devices were varied, but the pictures were identical for both conditions.
His descriptions of the search had a sensational air but were good reporting.