"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
2. poorly described = ubogo opisany poorly described
  • The bird is rare and either fully or partly nocturnal, and therefore is poorly described.
  • Most common metals are in the regime and hence the metallic regime is poorly described by perturbation theory.
  • The latter species is poorly described, and was formerly considered a member of the genus Stenodactylus.
  • The downstream cellular and molecular events, leading eventually to pollen inhibition, are poorly described.
  • At first, superpowers were first poorly described.
  • It is poorly described, so its relationships cannot be accurately determined (Chure, 2002).
  • The taxonomy of the group is unclear,though, with many poorly described species.
  • The brothers had a keen interest in the animal life of the region, which was poorly described in the 1870s.
  • The current status of the plant in its natural setting is poorly described and its range of occurrence might be further than found on databases.
  • The syndrome of achromatopsia/dyschromatopsia is poorly described in current medical and neuro-ophthalmological texts.
(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
(34) therein, conventionally
Kolokacji: 2

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