"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
  • He's been described as one of the three best players during that period.
  • She described herself during this period as "poor" but happy.
  • Most movies describe the same things in one way during the entire movie.
  • A friend also "described her as happy and normal" during the period of silence.
  • He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850 to 1900.
  • I cannot describe my agony during the morning of the following day.
  • He is describing the social life in Washington during the earlier years of his assignment.
  • Many historians have described changes of all kinds during that period.
  • Nonetheless, several tens of species were described for the first time during the 1990s.
  • In later life, Fresco has described his activities during this earlier period.
describe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 148
once describe • originally described • accurately describe • formally described • variously described • later describe • ...

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