description

description

Paroles ou texte qui présentent les caractéristiques de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, ou racontent ce qui s’est passé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a description of someone/something (He gave a description of the missing dog.)

Synonymes : account, portrayal

Expressions courantes : description of something, detailed description, give a description, brief description

sorte, genre

Catégorie de personnes ou de choses définie par certaines caractéristiques.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : of any/every description (She collects hats of every description.)

Synonymes : kind, type, sort

Expressions courantes : of any description, of every description