What does DESCRIBE mean?
Definitions for DESCRIBE
dɪˈskraɪbde·scribe
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word DESCRIBE.
Princeton's WordNet
describe, depict, drawverb
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
report, describe, accountverb
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
trace, draw, line, describe, delineateverb
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Wiktionary
describeverb
To represent in words.
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
describeverb
To give rise to a geometrical structure.
describeverb
To scientifically reveal a new species by technically explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other species.
The fungus was first described by a botanist.
Etymology: From descriven, from descrivre, from describo, from de + scribo; see scribe and shrive.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DESCRIBEverb
Etymology: describo, Latin.
I pray thee, overname them; and as thou nam’st them, I will describe them; and according to my description, level at my affection. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.
He that writes well in verse will often send his thoughts in search, through all the treasure of words that express any one idea in the same language, that so he may comport with the measures, or the rhyme of the verse which he writes, or with his own most beautiful and vivid sentiments of the thing he describes. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
Men passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Jos. xviii. 9.
Wikipedia
describe
Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. In practice it would be difficult to write literature that drew on just one of the four basic modes.
ChatGPT
describe
To describe is to convey or provide a detailed account or representation of something, including its features, qualities or characteristics, in spoken or written form. It may also involve expressing or illustrating an event, process, or situation.
Webster Dictionary
Describeverb
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
Describeverb
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
Describeverb
to distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class
Describeverb
to use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Describe
dē-skrīb′, v.t. to trace out or delineate: to give an account of.—adj. Describ′able.—n. Describ′er. [L. describĕre—de, down, and scribĕre, scriptum, to write.]
Editors Contribution
describe
To create using words.
They did describe how they felt and it was great to know they too were also happy and felt very loved.
Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2425
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2430
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Verbs Frequency: #93
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DESCRIBE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of DESCRIBE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of DESCRIBE in a Sentence
I have nurses and other physicians coming and kind of cry together in the break room, with a mask of course, it's difficult to describe what it is like right now to be a health care provider and not be able to provide the care you want to give. I'll say our hospitals are doing everything they can. There is just not enough staff and not enough space.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell:
Ellis Marsalis was a legend. Ellis Marsalis was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz, ellis Marsalis was Ellis Marsalis, a father, and an icon -- and words aren't sufficient to describe the art, the joy and the wonder Ellis Marsalis showed the world.
My father did this without my consent, i can’t even describe to you how embarrassing and ridiculous this is.
I just can't describe things. I have no words.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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- beskryfAfrikaans
- وصفArabic
- апі́сваць, апіса́цьBelarusian
- очертавам, описвамBulgarian
- descriureCatalan, Valencian
- popisovat, popsatCzech
- beskriveDanish
- beschreibenGerman
- περιγράφωGreek
- priskribiEsperanto
- describirSpanish
- kirjeldamaEstonian
- kuvata, kuvaillaFinnish
- décrireFrench
- לתארHebrew
- वर्णन करना, वर्णनHindi
- leírHungarian
- նկարագրելArmenian
- describerInterlingua
- deskriptarIdo
- lýsaIcelandic
- descrivereItalian
- 記述, 描写Japanese
- აღწერაGeorgian
- 서술, 묘사Korean
- dēscrībōLatin
- aprašytiLithuanian
- aprakstītLatvian
- beskriveNorwegian
- beschrijven, omschrijvenDutch
- opisywać, opisaćPolish
- descreverPortuguese
- descrieRomanian
- описа́ть, очерти́ть, опи́сывать, оче́рчиватьRussian
- opisivati, opisatiSerbo-Croatian
- opísať, opisovať, určiťSlovak
- përshkruajAlbanian
- beskrivaSwedish
- விவரிக்கTamil
- tanımlamakTurkish
- опи́сувати, описа́тиUkrainian
- بیان کریںUrdu
- 描述Chinese
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