describe
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- IPA (key): /dɪˈskraɪb/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: de‧scribe
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- (transitive) If you describe something, you say what it looks like, sounds like, acts like, etc.
- Their wedding day, as described by Emma in her book, was "a perfect September day."
- The problems described above in Chapter 2, are found around the world.
- Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman.
- These cheeses have a certain smell, as described in the section on soft cheeses.
- The hospital described her condition as serious.
- The instructions describe how to put it together.
- In the story, he describes falling through the air for hours.
- (transitive) If something describes a circle, arc, etc., it follows that shape.
- His finger slowly described a circle in the water.