"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
(32) beautifully, elegantly
Kolokacji: 2
(33) bluntly, candidly, pointedly
Kolokacji: 3
1. bluntly describe = otwarcie opisz bluntly describe
2. candidly describe = szczerze opisywać candidly describe
  • She candidly described her life, her family and companions, and their situation, while beginning to recognise her ambition to write fiction for publication.
  • He candidly describes the very thing that most irritates people outside the Beltway about life inside the Beltway.
  • That is how Jason Phillips, one of the new and refreshing voices in the Mets' clubhouse, candidly described his $120 million team.
  • Hamilton is renowned for his engaging and humorous writing style, regularly describing candidly his encounters with those he believed to be his social inferiors.
  • Staple candidly describes how he slipped into a life of crime, eventually resulting in his conviction for burglary and a period in borstal.
  • Some people candidly describe themselves as "illiterate" in the ways of democracy.
  • Green candidly describes his tragic relationship with an obsessive and eventually suicidal fan, but avoids addressing its repercussions.
  • He candidly described the impoverished, potentially unstable state of the Russian Army.
  • He describes candidly Franklin's sexual and financial lapses, among other matters.
  • Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds, candidly described her time on set as "nightmares filled with flapping wings".
3. pointedly describe = w sposób ostentacyjny opisz pointedly describe
(34) therein, conventionally
Kolokacji: 2

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