# Describe

Get information about the metadata associated with an object.

This method supports a request for object metadata in the form of an `ObjectDefinitionRequest` object and returns an `ObjectDefinition` object.

## Parameters

| Name               | Data Type                                                                                          | Description                                     |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `DescribeRequests` | [ObjectDefinitionRequest](/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/objectdefinitionrequest.md) object | A collection of requests to describe objects.   |
| `RequestID`        | String                                                                                             | A unique identifier for the request.            |
| `ObjectDefinition` | [ObjectDefinition](/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/objectdefinition.md) object               | An object that contains the requested metadata. |

## Related Items

- [Describe a Subscriber](/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/describing_a_subscriber.md)