description

/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/

Definition

B1 something that tells you what something or someone is like: Write a description of your favourite seaside resort. She has given the police a very detailed/full description of the robber. A girl answering (= matching) the description of the missing teenager was spotted in Hull. Your essay contains too much description, and not enough discussion of the issues.Accounts and storiesSummaries and summarising of every description › of all types: Boats of every description were entering the harbour.Defining and explaining be beyond description (also defy description) › to be something that you cannot describe accurately because of its great size, quality, or level: Her beauty is beyond description. The mess in Bart's room defies description (= is very bad)!Defining and explaining

(Definition of description noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)