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  1. descriptions

    Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. In practice it would be difficult to write literature that drew on just one of the four basic modes.

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  1. descriptionsnoun

    Plural noun of the word description.

    The witness descriptions all matched and therefore the people responsible were held to account.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 29, 2016  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of descriptions in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of descriptions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of descriptions in a Sentence

  1. Google Maps:

    There are a number of different ways that Google may use location to improve people’s experience, including: Location History, Web and App Activity, and through device-level Location Services, we provide clear descriptions of these tools, and robust controls so people can turn them on or off, and delete their histories at any time.

  2. John Locke:

    I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

  3. Elliott Main:

    Meaning that there was nothing in the cause of death or the other descriptions on the death certificate that even mentioned pregnancy, that's a good start and that's the approach that they're using for 2018.

  4. David Yuengling:

    We are always looking for ways to inspire our fans and spark creativity. Whether it's our flavor names and descriptions or the recipes themselves—we’re in the business of having fun, we hope we made J.K. Rowling proud with this flavor.

  5. Cary Nelson:

    I think maybe it is not just because the graphic descriptions in the poem -- and they are graphic -- but because if you really listen to the poem you'll see yourself in half the lines. ... Some people don't want to hear themselves in a gay poem. They want to think homosexuality and heterosexuality are worlds apart.

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