"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
(14) best, better
Kolokacji: 2
(15) aptly, helpfully, effectively
Kolokacji: 3
(16) adequately, inadequately
Kolokacji: 2
3. perfectly describe = doskonale opisz perfectly describe
4. exactly describe = dokładnie opisz exactly describe
  • Killashandra stared at him, for he was describing exactly her sensation.
  • I couldn't judge that, of course, but he exactly described the period I'm talking about.
  • Q. You are not exactly describing an economy on the mend.
  • They had cop, or soldier, or something she couldn't exactly describe written all over them.
  • I wouldn't exactly describe these guys as the brightest around.
  • Concerned about security, government officials refuse to describe exactly what devices the command center contains.
  • They were both, well, comfortable was the word that exactly described them, he thought.
  • The rules vary, so this paragraph may not exactly describe a particular tax system.
  • The name exactly describes what you'll find - although this barn never needs shovelling.
  • The word exactly describes the dynamic movement of the flower when it opens ("flowering").
(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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