"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
  • She lovingly describes the demands of her hair on Page 40.
  • He lovingly described his rolling hills and the way the land got light all day.
  • The waitress lovingly described an evening special of braised beef.
  • On the company's Web site, the machine's components are described lovingly and completely, as a chef might describe fresh ingredients.
  • But even more affecting than the articles of clothing she so lovingly describes are the associations they evoke.
  • When he reaches the museum he has so lovingly described, he decides not to go inside.
  • These birds are fabulous insecticides and are also part of the swallow family, which he so lovingly described.
  • Still, when the waiter insisted on showing off all the desserts, lovingly describing them one by one, we couldn't resist.
  • Mr. Walsh lovingly describes his own scoops and quotes from the stories in which he was ahead of the curve.
  • She lovingly describes the historical setting, painting in broad strokes the colony's rise from a settlement of a few thousand fishermen to the present.
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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