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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. Trooper Entertainment -RRB- Fanciulli:

    DNA technology was maybe 20 years into the future, the sketches based on the descriptions of eyewitnesses were absolutely uncanny. But it was the fingerprint identification that really sealed the deal.

  2. Jessica Regan:

    This gave a broad segment a clear view of what standards of mourning attire were through fashion illustrations and detailed descriptions.

  3. James Lawler:

    The descriptions from regions of the world where the delta variant has taken hold and become the predominant virus are pictures of ICUs full of 30-year-olds. That’s what the critical care doctors describe and that’s what’s coming to the U.S..

  4. Mrs. Ruthellen Josselson:

    I understand that universities, archives and historical societies are rushing to collect and curate the personal accounts of how ordinary people are experiencing this growing public health crisis. but what I can see from the early submissions are plotless descriptions of emotions, fear, sadness, anger and restlessness as well as moments of joy and hope.

  5. President Trump:

    Also troubling has been the eagerness of the American news media to carry water for the Chinese Communist government and attempt to silence accurate descriptions of the origin of the crisis.

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