"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
  • It is often described incorrectly as a class of six railcars.
  • Kingkong has been incorrectly described as a child actor in some places.
  • In most cases doctors had incorrectly described the diagnosis or procedures performed on the patient, the study said.
  • Shirley is often incorrectly described as having been born in Boston, or in 1769.
  • Although the film is sometimes incorrectly described as a lost film, apparently copies do exist.
  • The thermosiphon has been sometimes incorrectly described as a 'gravity return heat pipe'.
  • For many years it was incorrectly described as Verticordia brownii.
  • However, Macnaghten incorrectly described the 31-year-old barrister as a 41-year-old doctor.
  • An editorial last Saturday about asylum seekers incorrectly described the process they undergo.
  • These were incorrectly described as swarms of aggressive spiders, up to 10 cm in size.
(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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