"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
3. fondly describe = czule opisz fondly describe
  • Strathie, who was Martin's classmate at the time, fondly describes her student persona as "magnetic," and "a little bit mad.
  • He fondly describes the rich flavors of his mother's stuffed breast of lamb, tripe, snails and rabbit.
  • "The Neil Young universe," as one fan in "Year of the Horse" fondly describes it, is not the place where most aging rock stars dwell.
  • One former colleague fondly described him as "golden."
  • The term "classic" is commonly used to describe fondly remembered television shows of the past.
  • The young men's agent, Ms. Glicker - who fondly describes her clients as goofballs - says "I've submitted them to other networks for other things."
  • How did he rescue the pink pigeon, a bird he once described fondly as being so stupid "it could without hesitation be put up for the House of Lords"?
  • The various freebies, perks and potables that he fondly describes here seem only to have exacerbated his disgruntlement as a highly-placed hanger-on.
  • Students and colleagues fondly describe her as shy, but she wasn't shy-she was thinking, and ignoring you.
  • Just like that city's other punk rock bard, Paul Westerberg of the Replacements, Mr. Finn fondly describes a cold and agitated milieu.
(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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