VERBAL DESCRIPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verbal description mean? 

• VERBAL DESCRIPTION (noun)
  The noun VERBAL DESCRIPTION has 1 sense:

1. a statement that represents something in words

  Familiarity information: VERBAL DESCRIPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERBAL DESCRIPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statement that represents something in words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

description; verbal description

Hypernyms ("verbal description" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "verbal description"):

job description (description of the responsibilities associated with a given job)

spec; specification (a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work)

characterisation; characterization; delineation; depiction; picture; word-painting; word picture (a graphic or vivid verbal description)