English English Dictionary

describe in English:

1. as

I thought as much.

When he returned, he brought a baseball cap and gave it as a present to his friend.

As Tom and Mary spent time together, they began to get to know each other better.

As a new father, I gave my first child plenty of books.

Subway fares will be raised by nearly ten percent as of April 1, 2001.

I'd describe him as a middle-aged man in a yellow jacket, orange tie and a pink shirt.

We bought our new neighbors a clock as a housewarming gift.

James Bond was always depicted as a high roller in his movies.

This will go down in history as the greatest event that has ever taken place.

This is an example of the survival of the fittest, as it is called.

As a rule, I go to school before eight o'clock.

Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

The nation's trade balance improved last year as exports were strong, while imports remained steady.

A study reports that 53,000 Americans die each year as a result of secondhand smoke.

What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.

English word "describe"(as) occurs in sets:

verbs/adjectives, nouns with propositions D
Prepositions for Ewa

2. set out

Let's set out now, and then we might make it to the river by sunset.

they set out at dawn

Since he first set out on his advanture he has visited more than 60 countries

The requirements set out in paragraph 12 of the Request for Proposals have yet to be satisfied.

full details are set out in chapter 2

Kate set out for the house on the other side of the bay.

set out an ambitious plan/ set out the options

So she set out to change them in some small way.

I've set out the refreshments in the hall

After a three-day rest, the travellers set out again.

set out

So in the summer time they had all set out for America.

I do not intend to set out in detail the current state of negotiations with Russia on the new agreement.

begin a journey; set off/We set out at 5 o’clock

Four years ago, we set out to reform the government, and since then, we have accomplished much.

English word "describe"(set out) occurs in sets:

phrasal verbs

3. description

A full description of him has been circulated in every newspaper.

His latest works are on display at the city hall. They are fabulous beyond description.

Include a brief description of the book for the introduction.

The confusion beggars description.

The harbor was crowded with vessels of every description.

But in return they get a clear look at important games, and if they miss something, they can always rely on the commentator's description or the instant replay.

Partly because he could not receive enough information, Harper's description remains imperfect.

I like flowers of every description.

It’s easy to give a description of her personality: she’s loud and extrovert!

This is a description of my memories.

The website contains a very detailed description.

You have to write a description below.

His description approximated to the truth.

How do idioms contribute to language description and production?

Thick description is a term coined by Clifford Geertz.

English word "describe"(description) occurs in sets:

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word formation

4. to sb

English word "describe"(to sb) occurs in sets:

Verb and preposition - online grammar course

5. describe

I'd describe him as a middle-aged man in a yellow jacket, orange tie and a pink shirt.

The scene of the murder was too terrible to describe.

describe the picture

My grandfather often doesn't remember what happened yesterday but can describe in detail what happened forty years ago.

Linguistics is the discipline which aims to describe language.

People that have experienced so-called 'lucid dreams' often describe them as being 'more real than reality'. They also describe reality after waking up from a 'lucid dream' to be like a 'whimsical dream'.

Write a paragraph by using adjectives to describe the person's appearance.

Alex would correctly describe the object and color, even if he had never seen that object before.

Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

The term ‘milonguero style tango’ was coined in the early 1990s to describe the style of dancing tango that was prevalent in the milongas of downtown Buenos Aires in the 1950s.

It is beyond the scope of the present work to describe all the components that comprise Emmet's architectural style.

he described his experiences in a letter to his parents

Neighbours described her as a shy, quiet girl. [+ question word] I tried to describe what I had seen.

I can describe China, especially in relation to big cities like Beijing, in one sentence - China is a country whose pace of life is both fast and leisurely.

6. indescribably

English word "describe"(indescribably) occurs in sets:

Word Formation (Year 3)

7. describe somebody to somebody else

8. to say or write what someone or something is like

English word "describe"(to say or write what someone or something is like) occurs in sets:

Unit 3 - vocabulary

9. depict

This painting depicts Saint Joseph.

Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.

His book depicts the lives of ordinary people in rural areas.

This picture depicts flowers

Steven Spielberg depicts these dinosaurs as being very social creatures.

The novel depicts the social life of urban community.

And generally we depict our ideas about this history in the form of trees like this.

We'll depict sigmoid neurons in the same way we depicted perceptrons.

He has depicted for the first team in 1980-81 season.

they depict beautifil landscapes

He vividly depicted the whole event

to represent or show something in a picture, story, movie, etc.; portray: The movie depicts his father as a tyrant.

English word "describe"(depict) occurs in sets:

verb/nouns/adjectives pisanie