"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 100

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 55

(1) activity, action, performance, phenomenon, process, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(2) species, style, way, form, kind, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(3) thing, effect, circumstance

Kolokacji: 3

(4) people, series, finding, man, group, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(5) experience, time, incident, instance, success, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(6) work, role, situation, job, place, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(7) life, history, philosophy, story, politics, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(8) relationship, childhood, character, case, type, ...

Kolokacji: 17

(9) plan, policy, strategy, system, object, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(10) music, sound, voice, speech, conversation, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(11) feeling, reality

Kolokacji: 2

(12) approach, journey, trip, movement, move, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(13) effort, decision, arrival, election, achievement, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(14) reaction, event, result, response, influence, ...

Kolokacji: 9

(15) death, change, version, difference, variation, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(16) position, attitude, culture, ability, hand, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(17) visit, encounter, meeting

Kolokacji: 3

(18) view, scene, background

Kolokacji: 3

(19) aspect, feature, characteristic, face, side, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(20) appearance, show, content

Kolokacji: 3

(21) technique, method, solution

Kolokacji: 3

(22) vision, concept, mother, belief, idea, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(23) word, book, detail, data, information, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(24) term, condition, comment, statement, observation, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(25) family, origin, home, name

Kolokacji: 4

(26) symptom, track

Kolokacji: 2

(27) mission, struggle, attempt, battle, attack, ...

Kolokacji: 13

(28) treatment, relation

Kolokacji: 2

(29) nature, behavior, personality, conduct, trait

Kolokacji: 5

(30) adventure, project, invention

Kolokacji: 3

1. describe one's adventures = opisywać czyjś przygody describe one's adventures

2. describe the project = opisz projekt describe the project

3. describe one's invention = opisywać czyjś wynalazek describe one's invention

Hoare later described their invention as a "billion dollar mistake".
In this amendment, an inventor had to describe not only his invention but also the basis for its infringement.
In the dedication of this book to Queen Elizabeth, the author describes his invention:
Interestingly, using the word "turbine" to describe Tesla's invention seems a bit misleading.
Mr. Weaver describes his invention as a cone that fits over the neck of the bottle.
Mr. Hubert describes his invention as though it were something he simply tossed off in an idle moment - nothing to get excited about.
The judges described their invention as "marketable" and "of tremendous commercial help to farmers".
In that book Winkler describes his invention of the three-way stopcock.
In 1883 he described his invention to oficials of the Continental Edison Company.
As I have said, it is especially important in this field to oblige applicants to describe their invention.

(31) structure, area, business, building, concern

Kolokacji: 5

(32) use, practice, abuse, frustration, pattern, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(33) problem, motivation, health, difficulty

Kolokacji: 4

(34) number, game, act, animal, factor

Kolokacji: 5

(35) film, episode, photograph, equipment

Kolokacji: 4

(36) song, lyrics, word, vocals

Kolokacji: 4

(37) woman, wife, husband, dish, dozens

Kolokacji: 5

(38) father, son, parent, Jesus

Kolokacji: 4

(39) album, novel

Kolokacji: 2

(40) love, emotion, fear, desire, passion

Kolokacji: 5

(41) research, experiment

Kolokacji: 2

(42) works, plant, deed, escape

Kolokacji: 4

(43) marriage, ritual

Kolokacji: 2

(44) moment, period, youth, hour

Kolokacji: 4

(45) God, King

Kolokacji: 2

(46) patient, client

Kolokacji: 2

(47) village, city

Kolokacji: 2

(48) return, beating, instrument, weapon

Kolokacji: 4

(49) procedure, software, function

Kolokacji: 3

(50) claim, grant

Kolokacji: 2

(51) atrocity, corruption

Kolokacji: 2

(52) item, particle, unit, rock

Kolokacji: 4

(53) religion, Islam, institution, Judaism

Kolokacji: 4

(54) curve, electron, wave

Kolokacji: 3

(55) upbringing, training

Kolokacji: 2

verbo + describe

Kolokacji: 19

coin to describe • used to describe • try to describe • ask to describe • begin to describe • ...

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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