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description of vs descriptions of

Both 'description of' and 'descriptions of' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Description of' is used when referring to a single description, while 'descriptions of' is used when referring to multiple descriptions.

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description of

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a single description.

Use 'description of' when you want to talk about a single description of something or someone.

Examples:

Can you give me a description of the suspect?

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Examples of description in a Sentence · Including a description of decapitating a victim and preserving the head. · On October 6, the company confirmed a trove of ...
A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve. A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley. Copyright and ...
... description of reality given by the wave function in quantum mechanics is not complete or (2) these two quantities cannot have simultaneous reality ...
Apr 15, 2020 ... A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and ...
A joint coordinate system for the clinical description of three-dimensional motions: application to the knee. J Biomech Eng. 1983 May;105(2):136-44. doi ...
In the 45 years since Cattell used English trait terms to begin the formulation of his "description of personality," a number of investigators have proposed ...

Alternatives:

a description of

descriptions of

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to multiple descriptions.

Use 'descriptions of' when you want to talk about multiple descriptions of something or someone.

Examples:

The book contains descriptions of various animals.

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Article 13 Reporting on changes in descriptions of national inventory systems or registries
Those projections should include descriptions of the models and methodological approaches used, definitions and underlying assumptions.
Even the Commission approved programming documents including descriptions of these systems.
And there are descriptions of other places that she could be hiding.
However, descriptions of activities previously provided in the Basic Technical Characteristics questionnaire need not be repeated.
Although he would always try and shock me by using explicit descriptions of women's...
Its maze of rivers and caverns match the ancient descriptions of Hades perfectly.
The machine corresponds to the descriptions of both headings 8419 and 8467.
Addresses, habits, descriptions of the stones and settings.
The descriptions of countless people, across cultures and unconnected with each other, have been amazingly consistent.
His descriptions of things are really good.
The 'site representative' would be responsible for the collection of the descriptions of the different buildings and their transmission to DG TREN.
Member States should therefore provide descriptions of available spatial data sets and services in the form of metadata.
Are there descriptions of the creature?
I found three carjackings done by three guys in ski masks that match the physical descriptions of our home invaders.
Some references and descriptions of codes in Annex 38 to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be adapted.
When I asked him for descriptions of the other kids... Kept changing it up.
Annex III contains exact descriptions of the projects eligible for assistance.
The restructuring plan includes descriptions of the markets on which FSO operates.
She wrote detailed descriptions of her experiences with Ronin.

Alternatives:

several descriptions of
multiple descriptions of

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