"describe" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

describe verbo

describe + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 293
describe activities • describe species • describe things • describe people • describe one's experience • describe one's work • ...
verbo + describe
Kolokacji: 19
coin to describe • used to describe • try to describe • ask to describe • begin to describe • ...
(1) coin, ask, write, publish
Kolokacji: 4
3. write describing = napisz opisywanie write describing
  • He wrote to England describing his perception of Leisler's character.
  • John's advice when Abigail wrote describing the British preparations for war?
  • Ms. Nelson wrote in an e-mail message describing her meal.
  • After a while he wrote back to friends in England describing his adventures.
  • But Gustave used to write me letters describing what it would have been like if we had been married.
  • Daniel Simone wrote of the interview with Tyson describing his frustration.
  • Although excited about going overseas and proud to be a marine, he also wrote to his mother describing the experience in Iraq as "horrible."
  • Simultaneously, the institute wrote to Luzhkov describing the earlier events from their perspective, and requested compensation for loss of the building.
  • The article he wrote for the Times describing his experience was the first time many Americans had heard of the traditional Chinese medical practice.
  • The pieces I wrote describing the challenges of online privacy and censorship were even longer ago, in 1988.
(3) look, resemble, help
Kolokacji: 3
(4) quote, include
Kolokacji: 2
describe + preposición
Kolokacji: 45
described by • described in • describe to • described under • describe on • ...
describe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 148
once describe • originally described • accurately describe • formally described • variously described • later describe • ...

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