"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 7

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

(1) coin, ask, write, publish

Kolokacji: 4

(2) use, try, begin, go, attempt, ...

Kolokacji: 10

1. used to describe = użyty by opisać used to describe

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

6. attempt to describe = próba opisania attempt to describe

7. decline to describe = upadek opisać decline to describe

8. start describing = zacznij opisywać start describing

9. finish describing = skończ opisywać finish describing

After he finished describing what had happened there was a long silence on the line.
He just leaned his arms on the table and listened until she finished describing everything she'd picked up.
Disasters were healed by the time he finished describing them.
We will meet later for dinner and I will finish describing your challenge.
A cynical smile crossed her face as she finished briefly describing the problems.
It's an imaginary fox and he suddenly says, I've finished describing now, here's your poem.
At the end, when he was finished describing the routine to her, she said, "So it went just right, didn't it?"
When David had finished describing the hotel around the corner, Alex shook his head and reached for his drink.
"It's an adrenaline rush; you're in the air with someone trying to block you, you're just hanging," he said, then finished describing the sensation.
When he finished describing the problem, he said, "I wasn't sure, but I put down the answer was zero."

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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