"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
  • Ms. Merahn, who friends affectionately describe as a "whirlwind" and a meticulous planner, hadn't thought about a serious relationship in a long time.
  • Kerrigan's mother, a fashionable woman whom she describes affectionately as a "clothes head," loved Neil Diamond.
  • Gajdusek announced that he planned to use the prize money to pay for education of the children, whom he affectionately described as his "little savages."
  • This has led some dealers and riders to affectionately describe the Boss Hoss as a "big scooter".
  • John Martin affectionately described the ballet, which he liked, as "idiotic."
  • Steam Packet officials affectionately described her as having been 'foreman built'.
  • The modding community has taken to affectionately describing the maneuver as "double-rooting."
  • It became a cabecera or head mission in 1701 with the establishment of what Kino described affectionately as a "neat little house and church."
  • She also affectionately described her cousin Albert, now 73, who owned a lingerie store right on Orchard Street.
  • She also has a violent temper and Dirk affectionately describes her as "a bit mad".
3. fondly describe = czule opisz fondly 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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