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description [dɪ'skrɪpʃən](a) (account, representation) description f; (physical) portrait m; Administration (for police purposes, on passport) signalement m;∎ the brochure gives a detailed description of the hotel la brochure donne une description détaillée de l'hôtel;∎ can you give us a description of the man? pouvez-vous nous faire un portrait de l'homme?;∎ a man answering the police description un homme correspondant au signalement donné par la police;∎ the food at the reception was beyond or past description le repas servi à la réception était indescriptible;∎ her father was angry beyond description son père était dans une colère indescriptible∎ the police seized weapons of every description la police a saisi toutes sortes d'armes;∎ we were unable to find a vehicle of any description nous étions incapables de trouver un quelconque véhiculeUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > description
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description [dɪsˈkrɪp∫ən]a. [of person, scene, object] description f• he gave a description of what happened/how he had escaped il a décrit ce qui s'était passé/la façon dont il s'était évadé• police have issued a description of the man they are looking for la police a diffusé le signalement de l'homme qu'elle rechercheb. ( = sort) people of all descriptions des gens de toutes sortes• I need a bag of some description il me faut un sac, n'importe lequel* * *[dɪ'skrɪpʃn]1) gen description f (of de; as comme étant); ( for police) signalement m (of de)2) (type, kind) genre m -
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1 (of person, event, object) description f (of de ; as comme étant) ; ( for police) signalement m (of de) ; to be beyond description être indescriptible ;2 (type, kind) genre m ; of every description, of all descriptions de toutes sortes ; items of a similar description articles du même genre ; I need a table of some description j'ai besoin de quelque chose qui puisse faire office de table. ⇒ job description.
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description */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms description : singular description plural descriptions a) [countable] a statement about what someone or something is like a brief description of the area give/provide/issue a description (of): Barry was… … English dictionary
description — noun 1》 a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event. ↘the process of describing. 2》 a sort, kind, or class: people of any description. Phrases beyond description to a great and astonishing extent … English new terms dictionary
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