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Meanings of describe in English

Portuguese
identificar
Catalan
identificar
Spanish
descubrir

Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

identificar
Portuguese
delinear
Catalan
descriure
Spanish
dibujar

Make a mark or lines on a surface.

delinear
Portuguese
relatar
Catalan
assenyalar
Spanish
describir

To give an account or representation in words.

relatar
Usage of describe in English
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Still, I don't think the words 'war fever' quite describe the situation.
Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
2
Methods: In addition to the historical case we describe five affected patients.
Pubmed
3
French soldiers describe a lull in violence over the past two days.
The Guardian
4
We also describe the available main bioinformatics resources used for this purpose.
Pubmed
5
Patients tell stories to describe illness; doctors tell stories to understand it.
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
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These results describe associations with specific lifestyle and medical history risk factors.
Pubmed
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We describe existing challenges, available methods and point at potentially useful strategies.
Pubmed
8
To describe Gentleman as his difficult second single wouldn't be quite right.
The Guardian
9
I asked voters last week to describe the UK in three words.
The Guardian
10
Is it possible to adequately describe a wine in just seven words?
The Guardian
11
Objective: to describe time lost from work following a distal radius fracture.
Pubmed
12
Some even went so far as to describe the speech as 'bleak'.
The South African
13
We describe a distinct situation in a natural setting of human infection.
Pubmed
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That's the only way I can describe the way I feel: happy.
Corduroy mansions
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How would you describe the state of wrestling in the UK today?
The Guardian
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But Spain uses the term to describe a slightly different, smaller area.
The Guardian
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