"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
(30) eloquently, verbally
Kolokacji: 2
(31) rightly, fairly, justly
Kolokacji: 3
2. fairly described = uczciwie opisać fairly described
  • It can be fairly described as wide-ranging activity.
  • The money the footballers received could be fairly described as "blood money".
  • I believe I have described the situation fairly?
  • National policy on immigration from the south can be fairly described as one of passionate ambivalence.
  • "In the wild, animals will spend most of their time foraging for food," says Dr. Certain artists can be fairly described as heavy.
  • Rising gas prices or train fares, way above the rate of inflation could perhaps be fairly described as "spiralling".
  • The successful Senators are fairly described in the bulk as respectable rather than distinguished.
  • They can be fairly described as "comfortably off, secure, and established."
  • Some of these anxious folks work for newspapers and are fairly described as prematurely gray.
  • In fact, I think it would be fairly described as entirely un - English.
3. justly described = słusznie opisać justly described
(32) beautifully, elegantly
Kolokacji: 2
(33) bluntly, candidly, pointedly
Kolokacji: 3
(34) therein, conventionally
Kolokacji: 2

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