"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
2. try to describe = spróbuj opisać try to describe
3. begin to describe = zacznij opisywać begin to describe
4. go to describe = idź do opisywać go to describe
5. begin describing = zacznij opisywać begin describing
  • Warming to her recollection, she began describing it to him.
  • Scientists at the station even began describing their work using engineering language rather than scientific prose.
  • Eventually he gave up asking questions and began describing how he had got here.
  • Later that day the government began describing the charges to Pakistani journalists.
  • "That will be how I'll begin describing our foreign policy."
  • Barney tries to sneak out when she begins describing their future.
  • How do I begin describing myself so that anyone could understand where my politics were coming from?
  • - She began describing everything in sight, then started asking questions.
  • And he began describing his plan for the decisive battle.
  • Then he cleared his throat and began describing the scene into the microphone.
8. start describing = zacznij opisywać start describing
10. avoid describing = uniknij opisywania avoid describing
(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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