DESCRIPTION


Meaning of DESCRIPTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ complete , comprehensive , detailed , full

The catalogue gives a full ~ of each product.

▪ accurate , apt , clear , exact , excellent , fair , fitting , good , perfect

‘Like a fish out of water’ was an apt ~ of how I felt in my new job.

▪ rich , vivid

a vivid ~ of life in the Wild West

▪ graphic , lurid

She gave us a lurid ~ of the birth.

▪ lengthy , long

▪ brief , short

▪ basic , simple

▪ general , vague

▪ objective

A report is generally an objective ~ rather than a statement of opinion.

▪ formal

▪ verbal , written

▪ physical

▪ job

There was no mention of any cleaning in my job ~.

VERB + DESCRIPTION

▪ give (sb) , issue ( BrE ), offer (sb) , provide (sb with)

Police have issued a ~ of the gunman.

She was able to provide a ~ of the intruder.

▪ fit , match

A man fitting your ~ was seen entering the building.

Police have arrested two men matching the ~s of the robbers.

▪ beggar , defy

His face was so odd that it defies ~.

DESCRIPTION + VERB

▪ apply to sb , fit sb

I realized to my horror that the ~ of the killer could fit me.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .