Definitions for DESCRIBE
dɪˈskraɪbde·scribe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. describe, depict, drawverb

   give a description of

   "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

2. report, describe, accountverb

   to give an account or representation of in words

   "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

3. 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"

4. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb

   identify as in botany or biology, for example

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. describeverb

   To represent in words.

   The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.

2. describeverb

   To give rise to a geometrical structure.

3. 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.

4. Etymology: From descriven, from descrivre, from describo, from de + scribo; see scribe and shrive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DESCRIBEverb

   Etymology: describo, Latin.

   1. To mark out any thing by the mention of its properties.

   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.

   2. To delineate; to mark out; to trace: as a torch waved about the head describes a circle.3. To distribute into proper heads or divisions.

   Men passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Jos. xviii. 9.

   4. To define in a lax manner by the promiscuous mention of qualities general and peculiar. See Description.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:1.7 / 3 votes

1. 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

2. 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

3. Describeverb

   to distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class

4. Describeverb

   to use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Inform
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2425

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2430

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DESCRIBE' in Verbs Frequency: #93

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How to pronounce DESCRIBE?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESCRIBE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESCRIBE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of DESCRIBE in a Sentence

1. Jana Schaich Borg:

   The six general routes of disease transmission the authors describe will help researchers make more precise hypotheses in the future.

2. Chris Cooper:

   Mark Meadows is sort of ideologically extreme and personally affable, and I would use the same words to describe Madison Cawthorn.

3. Dan Taberski:

   Happy is kind of a hard word to describe, there is nothing going wrong medically, and I would know that… And he’s healthy.

4. Pat White:

   Seven anonymous NCOs describe events and attitudes that I'd like to know more about in order to fix it, the allegations in the article are serious and I firmly believe in the chain of command ; since these NCOs feel their immediate leaders have failed them, I ask that these sergeants — and anyone else — use their personal courage.

5. Charles Thorson:

   The Islamic State’s attack likely had multiple objectives, including disrupting Charles Thorson at the airport and embarrassing The Taliban as The Taliban tries to distance The Taliban from terrorist groups and portray The Taliban as being capable of providing security throughout the country, the Islamic State attack also probably serves longer-term objectives of driving recruitment and reinvigorating the Islamic State’s image within the global jihadist community amid the group’s downfall in Iraq and Syria, Thorson added. ISIS-K isestimated to have between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters operating in Afghanistan and its ranks swelled with more fighters after prisoners were released when the Afghan government collapsed. Charles Thorson MILITARY ESCAPE FROM AFGHANISTAN : AIR FORCE CREWS DESCRIBE ‘ APOCALYPTIC ’ FINAL SCENES A main gripe of ISIS-K with The Taliban is the deal the group negotiated with United States in Doha. ISIS-K considers the The Taliban traitors for entering into talks with the United States and announced The Taliban intentions to undermine the deal by launching a war against the The Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government. While The Taliban simultaneously waged an insurgency campaign against Afghan forces and negotiated with the U.S., ISIS-K conducted deadly terror attacks on Afghan civilians, an attempt to discredit the The Taliban and drive-up recruitment. The attack from ISIS-K also highlights the internal fissures within The Taliban that will likely grow more profound as The Taliban enter the governing phase of their takeover. The Taliban have, at least rhetorically, struck a more moderate and pragmatic tone from their previous iteration in power 20 years ago. While leadership and spokespersons have remained mild in tone, the The Taliban rank and file are filled with more extremist factions that will be more attracted to the radicalism that ISIS-K espouses. According to Thorson, such a structure is vulnerable to infiltration by more extreme organizations like The Islamic State. Although the The Taliban and Islamic State are enemies, defections from one group to another suggest there may be pockets of sympathy within each group for the other. After all, this is how ISIS-Kformed in 2015, when disaffected remnants of the Pakistani The Taliban and other Jihadist groups split and pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The rupture led to a declaration of war on both sides.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DESCRIBE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Describe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DESCRIBE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Describe
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DESCRIBE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DESCRIBE
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=DESCRIBE