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Noun
S:
(n)
description
,
verbal description
(a statement that represents something in words)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
description
(the act of describing something)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(v)
describe
[Related to:
description
] (to give an account or representation of in words)
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
derivationally related form
Overview
synset
W:
(v)
describe
[Related to:
description
] (give a description of)
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
S:
(n)
description
(sort or variety)
"every description of book was there"