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• Description of Africa (Olfert Dapper) — Description of Africa (Dutch Naukeurige Beschrijvinge van Africa gewesten). A detailed description of the parts of Africa known to Europeans in the mid seventeenth century written by the geographer Olfert Dapper. It was first published in… …   Wikipedia

• description — /dI skrIpSFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a piece of writing or speech that says what someone or something is like: Berlin sounds fascinating from your description. | detailed/accurate description: The police have issued a detailed description of the missing… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• detailed — de|tailed W2 [ˈdi:teıld US dıˈteıld] adj 1.) containing or including a lot of information or details detailed description/account/analysis etc ▪ a detailed study of crime in Seattle ▪ More detailed information is available on request. 2.) having… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• description — de|scrip|tion W2S2 [dıˈskrıpʃən] n [U and C] 1.) a piece of writing or speech that gives details about what someone or something is like ▪ Berlin sounds fascinating from your description. description of ▪ The writer began with a description of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• description — [[t]dɪskrɪ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ descriptions 1) N VAR: oft N of n A description of someone or something is an account which explains what they are or what they look like. Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty …   English dictionary

• detailed — /ˈditeɪld/ (say deetayld) verb 1. past tense and past participle of detail. –adjective 2. itemised in every particular: a detailed description. 3. executed with great attention to detail: a detailed carving …  

• detailed — adjective a detailed description of the assailants Syn: comprehensive, full, complete, thorough, exhaustive, all inclusive; elaborate, minute, intricate; explicit, specific, precise, exact, accurate, meticulous, painstaking; itemized, blow by… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• detailed*/*/ — [ˈdiːteɪld] adj including many small facts or aspects a detailed description/report[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• description — de·scrip·tion n: a representation in words of the nature and characteristics of a thing: as a: a specification of the boundaries of a piece of land (as for a deed) b: an explanation of an invention in a patent application or printed publication… …   Law dictionary