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  • 1description — [[t]dɪskrɪ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ descriptions 1) N VAR: oft N of n A description of someone or something is an account which explains what they are or what they look like. Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty …

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  • 2description — de|scrip|tion [ dı skrıpʃən ] noun *** count a statement about what someone or something is like: a brief description of the area give/provide/issue a description (of): Barry was unable to give police a description of his attacker. Police have… …

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  • 3description — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive, detailed, full ▪ The catalogue gives a full description of each product. ▪ accurate, apt, clear …

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  • 4defy description — 1) if something defies description, it is so unusual that it is difficult to describe 2) used for emphasizing that something is very extreme, usually in a way that is bad His drunken behaviour defied description …

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  • 5defy — [[t]dɪfa͟ɪ[/t]] defies, defying, defied 1) VERB If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. [V n] This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy… …

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  • 6defy — de|fy [dıˈfaı] v past tense and past participle defied present participle defying third person singular defies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: defier, from Latin fidere to trust ] 1.) to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refuse to do… …

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  • 7defy */ — UK [dɪˈfaɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms defy : present tense I/you/we/they defy he/she/it defies present participle defying past tense defied past participle defied 1) to refuse to obey someone or something The commander defied a direct… …

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  • 8Derek Charke — Derek Charke, September 2009 Derek Charke (born in 1974) is a Canadian classical composer and flutist. Contents 1 Life …

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  • 9London — /lun deuhn/, n. 1. Jack, 1876 1916, U.S. short story writer and novelist. 2. a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. 3. City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus …

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  • 10Hottentots — • One of three tribes of South Africa which may be divided Bantus, Hottentots, and Bushmen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hottentots     Hottentots      …

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