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 →

2) A description is the act of describing. tree →

3) A description can also mean a kind or sort of person or thing. tree →

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 →
• She gave the police a description of the man. tree →
• The book has a lovely description of the sea. tree →
• The puppy fits the description of the lost dog. tree →
• His description of the storm made me shiver. tree →
• Add a description under each picture. tree →
• The view was beautiful beyond description. tree →
• Here lies a maiden of another description. tree →

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.
• A clue is a detail in the text, like an action or a description, that hints at something.
• Description uses the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; many writers only use sight.
• Asking "what made it scary?" or "what did it look like?" turns a plain statement into description.
• Hints such as sounds, shadows and strange details make readers imagine the worst, which is often scarier than any description.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «description» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.