"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
(19) famously, brilliantly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) correctly, wrongly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) properly, appropriately
Kolokacji: 2
(25) proudly, modestly
Kolokacji: 2
  • Several young men who proudly described this to Western reporters called themselves "intellectuals," meaning they had gone to a university.
  • Mayor Don Peters proudly describes the 14-year-old store as "our local country club."
  • They proudly described liberating themselves, finally making themselves the initiators of their own lives.
  • She once proudly described herself as "the most hated woman in America."
  • Meanwhile he proudly described the dominant position that the airline is building in the New York area.
  • McGuire averaged 3.9 points a game and proudly described himself as "the worst player in pro ball."
  • The residents of the district proudly describe themselves as being in the heartland of the state.
  • Many proudly describe the challenges they face in their work and their families.
  • Captain Jack proudly described his feat to countless audiences in later years.
  • Like Iron Head he proudly described himself as "a habitual".
2. modestly describe = skromnie opisz modestly describe
(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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