description

Words that tell you what someone or something is like or what happened.

• Please give me a description of the bag.
• Her description helped us find the house.
• The book contains vivid descriptions of village life.

How to use it: a description of someone/something (He gave a description of the missing dog.)

Similar words: account, portrayal

Common phrases: description of something, detailed description, give a description, brief description

A kind of person or thing, recognized by particular features.

• We sell tools of every description.
• No vehicles of any description are allowed here.
• The room contained furniture of every description.

How to use it: of any/every description (She collects hats of every description.)

Similar words: kind, type, sort

Common phrases: of any description, of every description