"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
  • That word was in his head again, a word that perfectly described the appearance of the great horse.
  • I'll go to the station on Saturday morning, and watch for someone to describe perfectly.
  • For several reasons this description of the faithful 144,000 perfectly describes "the woman that flees."
  • But whoever came up with the name for the ensemble deserves some special status, because it perfectly describes what they do.
  • Those two words perfectly described the house.
  • Dowie's words perfectly describe the problems that have emerged with the globalization of conservation.
  • DeParle's article describes perfectly a major flaw in the welfare reform law.
  • The book's enduring power is also evident in its big-headed tripods from outer space, described perfectly by Wells way back when.
  • It describes perfectly a style, or style of life, that's embarrassingly unfashionable.
  • It describes perfectly the slow but, I think, inevitable failure of the current attempts to control content.
4. exactly describe = dokładnie opisz exactly describe
(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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