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1. (v.t.) describe
to tell or depict in words; give an account of:
to describe an accident in detail.
2. describe
to pronounce, as by a designating term or phrase:
to describe someone as a tyrant.
3. describe
to represent or delineate by a picture.
4. describe
to draw or trace the outline of:
to describe an arc.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L dēscrībere=dē-de - +scrībere to write)
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| Definition of 'describe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) describe, depict, draw
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
2. (verb) report, describe, account
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
3. (verb) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
4. (verb) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name
identify as in botany or biology, for example
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1. (verb) describe
to give the details of what sth is like
I tried to describe my feelings.; He described how he'd won the race.; She described the scene to us.; The woman was described as "a loner."
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) describe
to represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
2. (verb) describe
to represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities
3. (verb) describe
to distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class
4. (verb) describe
to use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty
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Sense: to give an account of in words; to tell in words what something or someone is like
He described what had happened; Would you describe her as beautiful?
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 Afrikaans: beskrywe |
 Arabic: يَصِف |
 Bulgarian: описвам |
 Brazilian: descrever |
 Czech: popsat; charakterizovat |
 German: beschreiben |
 Danish: beskrive; skildre |
 Greek: περιγράφω |
 Spanish: describir |
 Estonian: kirjeldama |
 Farsi: تعریف کردن؛ شرح دادن |
 Finnish: kuvailla |
 French: décrire |
 Hebrew: לְתָאֵר |
 Hindi: वर्णन करना |
 Croatian: opisati |
 Hungarian: leír, ecsetel |
 Indonesian: memerikan |
 Icelandic: lÿsa |
 Italian: descrivere |
 Japanese: 描写する |
 Korean: 표현하다 |
 Lithuanian: papasakoti, apibūdinti |
 Latvian: aprakstīt; attēlot |
 Malay: menghuraikan |
 Dutch: beschrijven |
 Norwegian: beskrive, framstille |
 Polish: opisywać |
 Persian: تعریف کردن؛ شرح دادن |
 Pashto: روښانول، تشريح كول، غټ غټ |
 Portuguese: descrever |
 Romanian: a descrie |
 Russian: описывать |
 Slovak: opísať; povedať |
 Slovenian: opisati |
 Serbian: opisati |
 Swedish: beskriva |
 Thai: บรรยาย |
 Turkish: tanımlamak, anlatmak |
 Taiwanese: 描寫 |
 Ukrainian: описувати |
 Urdu: الفاظ میں بیان کرنا |
 Vietnamese: mô tả |
 Chinese: 描写 |
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