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# description

«description» in Mova's school dictionary: **words that tell what someone or something is like — how…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (description, descriptions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A description is words that tell what someone or something is like — how it looks, sounds, feels or behaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#m1)

2) A description is the act of describing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#m2)

3) A description can also mean a kind or sort of person or thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, children write descriptions of characters and settings using adjectives and the five senses. In science, a description of an experiment tells what was done and seen. In safety, giving a good description helps police find a lost child or a thief. Phrases: «give a description», «fit the description», «beyond description», «job description».

### examples

- Write a description of your favourite place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x1)
- She gave the police a description of the man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x2)
- The book has a lovely description of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x3)
- The puppy fits the description of the lost dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x4)
- His description of the storm made me shiver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x5)
- Add a description under each picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x6)
- The view was beautiful beyond description. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x7)
- Here lies a maiden of another description. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: «description» (no «-scribe-» inside). Verb: «describe»; adjective: «descriptive». Countable: «a description», «descriptions». In maths, the word problem itself is a description; read it for numbers and what is asked.

### In the corpora

- [Picture-making AI learned from millions of pictures with descriptions and builds new pictures that fit the words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/15/)
- [A clue is a detail in the text, like an action or a description, that hints at something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/14/)
- [Description uses the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; many writers only use sight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/6/)
- [Asking "what made it scary?" or "what did it look like?" turns a plain statement into description.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/13/)
- [Hints such as sounds, shadows and strange details make readers imagine the worst, which is often scarier than any description.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «description» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/description/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.