"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 • ...
describe + preposición
Kolokacji: 45
described by • described in • describe to • described under • describe on • ...
(1) by, in, to, under, on, ...
Kolokacji: 15
8. describe at = opisywać przy describe at
  • News article describing case against her as "not very strong"
  • Members of the jury later described the evidence against him as overwhelming.
  • He described his career as a battle against a changing army of stereotypes.
  • In the book he also described some active measures against the "Main adversary".
  • The last few chapters describe his fight against the cycling authorities.
  • The suit described 23 incidents against black and Hispanic suspects between 1972-1985.
  • The word is now also sometimes used to describe attacks against non-Jewish ethnic or religious groups.
  • A clear majority of respondents, 55%, describe the prime minister that way as against just 37% who say the reverse.
  • City officials described the plan as the nation's toughest municipal policy against drunken drivers.
  • "War on..." is a phrase used to describe an effort for or against something.
describe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 148
once describe • originally described • accurately describe • formally described • variously described • later describe • ...

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