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Noun
S:
(n)
description
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verbal description
(a statement that represents something in words)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
job description
(description of the responsibilities associated with a given job)
S:
(n)
specification
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spec
(a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work)
S:
(n)
word picture
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word-painting
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delineation
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depiction
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picture
,
characterization
,
characterisation
(a graphic or vivid verbal description)
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
statement
(a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
"according to his statement he was in London on that day"
S:
(n)
description
(the act of describing something)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
description
(sort or variety)
"every description of book was there"