verbal description
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈvɜrbəl dɪˈskrɪpʃən/
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descripción verbal
- In many instances, museums offer docent-led or recorded tours that read the wall texts and provide other verbal descriptions.
- provide a verbal description
- verbal description of the behavior
- students' verbal descriptions
We started from this verbal description of like drawing pieces of paper out of a hat and you know, that have different pizza toppings on it.
- We started from this verbal description of like drawing pieces of paper out of a hat and you know, that have different pizza toppings on it.
Examples
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Some of the names also had a picture or a short verbal description attached.
Blog text (26) -
Half the participants also provided verbal descriptions of how they solved problems after each trial.
Academic text (2018) -
OK, I think it's much harder to remember the terms in this than to remember this verbal description of what we want.
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Users select a country and are provided with a brief verbal description of music found there.
Academic text (1999) -
Also part of "Introduction to Classical Music," this site offers a verbal description of instrument families and individual instruments.
Academic text (1999) -
In other cases, musicians rely on verbal descriptions to communicate about music.
Academic text (1990) -
When I want a verbal description of something, I tend to choose people who are good talkers.
Academic text (2008) -
Qualitative studies, on the other hand, offer more of a verbal description with little measurement.
Academic text (1996) -
Some music educators have investigated listening skills by examining students' verbal descriptions of the music they hear.
Academic text (1990) -
The teacher provided a clear verbal description of the experiment so that all students could understand the procedure.
Synonyms
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1.3
A clear report given in speech or writing, often to officials
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1.0
Words that tell what someone or something is like
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4.4
A description of the main qualities of a person or thing in a clear, detailed way
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3.4
The way words are used to express an idea
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3.5
A short account that gives the main points about something
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4.4
A description using words that shows what something is like
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5.5
A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand
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4.2
A clear description that makes you imagine a scene
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5.8
To explain a word or phrase in a text
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6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
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5.6
Putting thoughts or feelings into words so others can understand them
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'verbal' (using words) modifies 'description' (a depiction), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a description given in words rather than images. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common construction and therefore immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Verbal description comes from the simple image of using the word verbal, meaning 'words', to make a description of something instead of a picture, so it now means 'to explain something using words rather than pictures'.