description
noun
de·scrip·tion
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Definition of description
1a
: an act of describing
specifically
: discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced
beautiful beyond description gave an accurate description of what he saw
b
: a statement or account giving the characteristics of someone or something : a descriptive statement or account
The review was little more than a description of the film's plot.
2
: kind or character especially as determined by salient (see salient entry 1 sense 3b) features
someone fitting the suspect's description had toys of every description opposed to any tax of so radical a description