{
    "term": "description",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of writing or speech that says what somebody/something is like; the act of writing or saying in words what somebody/something is like",
            "sensetop": "description of somebody/somethingbeyond description",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Follow the link below for a more **detailed description**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **brief description** of the software",
                    "contextForm": "description of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The name means ‘no trees’ and it is an **accurate description** of the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police have issued a description of the gunman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a film that **defies description** *(= is difficult or impossible to describe)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the novelist’s powers of description"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a personal pain that goes beyond description *(= is too great to express in words)*",
                    "contextForm": "beyond description"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A report is generally an objective description rather than a statement of opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She gave us a lurid description of the birth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was able to provide a description of the intruder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The catalogue gives a full description of each product."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vivid description of life in Ancient Rome"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Scared stiff’ is an apt description of how I felt at that moment."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "comprehensive", "detailed"],
                "verb + description": ["give (somebody)", "issue", "offer (somebody)"],
                "description + verb": ["apply to somebody", "fit somebody"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "of some, etc. type",
            "sensetop": "of some, all, every, etc. description",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the bay were boats of every description."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were flying machines of all descriptions whizzing about."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their money came from trade of some description."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trunk was full of medals, coins and things of that description."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be like a particular person or thing",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're all looking for quick, healthy meals, and pasta fits this description."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A man fitting your description was seen entering the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I realized to my horror that the description of the killer could fit me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police have arrested two men matching the descriptions of the robbers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It beggars belief how things could have got this bad."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
                "audio": "de/description/description__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
                "audio": "de/description/description__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin descriptio(n-), from describere ‘write down’."
}