descriptions
/dɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/
dɪˈskrɪpʃən
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dɪ - ˈskrɪpʃən -> descriptions
Myanmar meaning
(n[pl]) ဖော်ပြချက်များ
Full entry
description /dÇ'skrÇpʃn/ n
၁။ (က) [U] သရုပ်ဖော်ချက်။ ဖော်ပြ ချက်။
This writer is not very good at description. ❍ The scenery was beautiful beyond description. (ခ) [C] စာပန်းချီ။ သရုပ်ဖော် ရေးသားချက်။
give a vivid/detailed/graphic description of what had happened ❍ The man fits our description of the thief.
၂။ (infml ) (of + some, all, every စသည် နောက်၌သုံးသည်။ ) အမျိုး အစား။ တစ်မျိုးမျိုး။ အမျိုးမျိုး။
boats of every description/all descriptions ❍ Their money came from trade of some description. ❍ medals, coins and things of that description.
More examples
- A brief description of the area
- [give/provide/issue a description (of)] : Barry was unable to give the 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.
- The child’s powers of description
Synonyms
account, report, explanation, portrayal, picture, narrative, depiction, sketch, ABCs, beyond words, blazon, blow by blow, brand, breed, brief, category, character, characterization, chronicle, class, classification, confession, declaration, definition, defying description, delineation, detail, explication, feather, fingerprint, genre, genus, ilk, incommunicable, indefinable, inexpressible, information, kidney, kind, make, monograph, narration, nature, order, portraiture, presentment, recital, recitation, record, recountal, rehearsal, representation, rundown, sort, species, specification, statement, story, stripe, summarization, summary, tale, type, undescribable, unutterable, variety, version, vignette, writeup, writing, yarn
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