description

de|scrip|tion [ dı`skrıpʃən ] noun ***

count a statement about what someone or something is like:

a brief description of the area

give/provide/issue a description (of): Barry was unable to give police a description of his attacker.

Police have issued a description of the bomber.

accurate/detailed description: We need you to provide an accurate description of the situation.

a. uncount the process of saying what someone or something is like:

the child's powers of description

beyond description

used for emphasizing that something is very extreme, usually in a way that is bad:

I was sickened and shocked beyond description.

defy description

1. ) if something defies description, it is so unusual that it is difficult to describe

2. ) used for emphasizing that something is very extreme, usually in a way that is bad:

His drunken behavior defied description.

fit/match/answer someone's description

to look the same as a person or thing that someone has described:

A young girl answering Anne's description had just been brought in by police.

of any description

used for emphasizing a negative statement about a type of person or thing:

I don't believe a teacher of any description would say such a thing.

of every description or of all descriptions

of all types:

There were cakes of every description.