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description
noun as in account in speech, writing
Strongest matches
characterization, confession, definition, depiction, detail, explanation, information, narration, narrative, picture, portrayal, report, sketch, statement, story, summary, tale, version
Strong matches
ABCs, brief, chronicle, declaration, delineation, explication, fingerprint, make, monograph, portraiture, presentment, recital, recitation, record, rehearsal, representation, rundown, specification, summarization, vignette, yarn
Weak matches
blow-by-blow, recountal, writeup
Example Sentences
The victim, who continues to have flashbacks to that night, has now been able to provide a further description of the man, enabling officers to produce the image, the force said.
It’s followed by parentheses that hold plain descriptions — red chapel relief; oil can; or, folding table and chairs, dark brown.
Merriam-Webster now defines it simply as a “sauce made from the thickened and seasoned juices of cooked meat,” a tidy description for something that shows up in about a thousand guises on American tables.
Neither had someone matching his name or description.
"Historically, catalyst engineers relied on more indirect measurements at idealized conditions to understand molecules on surfaces. Instead, this new measurement method provides a tangible description of surface bonding at catalytically-relevant conditions."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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