"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 • ...
describe + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 148
once describe • originally described • accurately describe • formally described • variously described • later describe • ...
  • Although the idea is well known the specific hills involved are variously described.
  • The cause of death has been variously described as diabetes and tuberculosis.
  • The date of her death is uncertain, having been variously described as occurring in 1576-77.
  • His position is variously described as schoolmaster or assistant at the school.
  • Two time bombs were used, variously described as dynamite or C-4.
  • The victims of the blast, variously described as three people or four, were expected to survive, according to Russian news reports.
  • It has been variously described as an altar, a temple or a step pyramid.
  • Frederick's eyes were described variously as blue, or "green like those of a serpent".
  • The objects were variously described as fiery, and glowing red, white, or orange.
  • "No; I've been variously described, but nobody's yet explained me away as a ghost."
20. best described = najlepiej opisać best described
23. widely described = powszechnie opisany widely described
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 35

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