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definitive description

definitive description noun: a phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.

Noun

definitive description (plural definitive descriptions)

  1. A phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.
    • A definitive description is a phrase of the form 'the so-and-so' which denotes a particular object in virtue of the fact that there is exactly one object satisfying the description.1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting, volume 14, page 481

Antonyms of definitive description

  • indefinite description
  • ambiguous description

Forms of definitive description

pluraldefinitive descriptions

Questions about definitive description

What does definitive description mean?
Definitive description means a phrase that designates an object by providing a description that is satisfied by exactly one object.
What part of speech is definitive description?
Definitive description is a noun.
What is the plural of definitive description?
The plural of definitive description is definitive descriptions.

Words near definitive description in the dictionary

  1. definitions by pointing
  2. definitise
  3. definitive
  4. definitive agreement
  5. definitive agreements
  6. definitive description
  7. definitive host
  8. definitive hosts
  9. definitive treatment
  10. definitive treatments
  11. definitively

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