"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 35
(1) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) formally, officially
Kolokacji: 2
(6) well, easily, extensively
Kolokacji: 3
(7) fully, poorly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
  • They said he falsely described himself as "merely a school aide."
  • The same document, however, falsely describes him as an Austrian.
  • Investigators have said that he was forced to sign a document falsely describing his injuries as a result of an accident.
  • The Hills' complaint was that the article falsely described the actual events while claiming it represented the truth.
  • If you falsely describe your grade you may commit an offence and be fined up to £2,500.
  • Some packages carry customs declarations falsely describing their contents.
  • The suggestion is, that there may be somethin falsely described as silence, to represent absence-of-conception beyond that negative.
  • Also, falsely describing goods can amount to a criminal offence under the Trades Description Act 1968.
  • Most of the illegal leaks suggesting his testimony was perjurious falsely describe his testimony.
  • These experts have more than a sixth sense about suspicious packages: parcels that may contain drugs, commercial imports falsely described, nonadmissible meats and the like.
(14) best, better
Kolokacji: 2
(15) aptly, helpfully, effectively
Kolokacji: 3
(16) adequately, inadequately
Kolokacji: 2
(19) famously, brilliantly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) correctly, wrongly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) properly, appropriately
Kolokacji: 2
(25) proudly, modestly
Kolokacji: 2
(30) eloquently, verbally
Kolokacji: 2
(31) rightly, fairly, justly
Kolokacji: 3
(32) beautifully, elegantly
Kolokacji: 2
(33) bluntly, candidly, pointedly
Kolokacji: 3
(34) therein, conventionally
Kolokacji: 2

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