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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
                  1
                  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
                  6
                  These results describe associations with specific lifestyle and medical history risk factors.
                  Pubmed
                  7
                  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
                  14
                  That's the only way I can describe the way I feel: happy.
                  Corduroy mansions
                  15
                  How would you describe the state of wrestling in the UK today?
                  The Guardian
                  16
                  But Spain uses the term to describe a slightly different, smaller area.
                  The Guardian
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                  Describe through the time
                  Describe across language varieties
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                  Common
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