to answer to a description
1answer someone's description — fit/match/answer/someone’s description phrase to look the same as a person or thing that someone has described A young girl answering Anne’s description had just been brought in by police. Thesaurus: to look the same as, or similar to, someone or …
2answer to a description — fit a description, match the details of a description …
3answer a description (of somebody) — answer/fit a description (of sb/sth) idiom to be like a particular person or thing • A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday. Main entry: ↑descriptionidiom …
4answer a description (of something) — answer/fit a description (of sb/sth) idiom to be like a particular person or thing • A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday. Main entry: ↑descriptionidiom …
5answer — /ˈænsə / (say ansuh), /ˈan / (say ahn ) noun 1. a spoken or written reply to a question, request, letter, etc. 2. a reply or response in act: the answer was a volley of fire. 3. a reply to a charge or an accusation. 4. Law a pleading of facts by… …
6description — n. 1) to give, provide a description 2) to answer to a description (he answers to the description of the escaped convict) 3) to beggar, defy description 4) an accurate, correct, exact; blow by blow; clear; detailed, thorough; firsthand; glowing;… …
7description — 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… …
8description */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms description : singular description plural descriptions a) [countable] a statement about what someone or something is like a brief description of the area give/provide/issue a description (of): Barry was… …
9description — /dI skrIpSFn/ noun 1 (C, U) a piece of writing or speech that says what someone or something is like: Berlin sounds fascinating from your description. | detailed/accurate description: The police have issued a detailed description of the missing… …
10answer to — 1. To give an indication of accepting as one s name 2. To have as one s name (informal) 3. To be accountable to • • • Main Entry: ↑answer * * * answer to (the name of) often humorous be called …
