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noun ADJ. complete, comprehensive, detailed, full The catalogue gives a full description of each product. | accurate, apt, exact, excellent, fair, fitting, good, perfect ‘Like a fish out of water’ was an apt description of how I felt in my new job. | vivid a vivid description of life in Ancient Rome | graphic, lurid She gave us a lurid description of the birth. | lengthy, long | brief, short | basic, simple | vague | objective A report is generally an objective description rather than a statement of opinion. | physical | job There was no mention of any cleaning in my job description. VERB + DESCRIPTION give (sb), issue, provide (sb with) Police have issued a description of the gunman. She was able to provide a description of the intruder. | fit A man fitting your description was seen entering the building. | beggar, defy His face was so odd that it defies description. DESCRIPTION + VERB apply to sb, fit sb I realized to my horror that the description of the killer fitted me.
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description
verbs
give (somebody) a description
• She was unable to give the police a description of her attacker.
provide a description
formal
• The diary provides a clear description of farming life in the 1850s.
issue a description
(= formally give a description of someone to the public )
• Police have issued a description of the two men they are looking for.
fit/match a description
(= be like the person in a police description )
• The first man they arrested did not fit the description given by the victim.
somebody answering a description
(= a person who looks like someone in a police description )
• A young girl answering this description has been seen in Spain.
adjectives
good
• Her descriptions of the natural world are very good.
clear
• He gave us a clear description of the situation in the city.
detailed
• Some of his descriptions of the island are very detailed.
accurate
• I don't think the hotel's description of its facilities was very accurate.
vivid
(= very clear and interesting )
• The book contains some vivid descriptions of his childhood.
perfect
• We have a perfect description of the man we are looking for.
a full description
formal (= detailed )
• Please give a full description of your responsibilities in your present job.
a long/lengthy description
• I didn't want to hear a lengthy description of their holiday.
a brief/short description
• There's only a brief description of the hotel on the Internet.
a general description
(= not detailed )
• He started by giving us a general description of the manufacturing process.
a graphic description
(= very clear and containing a lot of details, usually about something unpleasant )
• The book has some graphic descriptions of life in the prison camp.
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