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"description" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

description sustantivo

sustantivo + description
Kolokacji: 41
job description • description of several species • type description • character description • description of events • ...
description + verbo
Kolokacji: 46
description includes • description makes • description fits • description appears • description matches • ...
verbo + description
Kolokacji: 35
use descriptions • match the description • fit the description • defy description • contain a description • provide a description • ...
adjetivo + description
Kolokacji: 204
detailed description • brief description • accurate description • physical description • vivid description • general description • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 28
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 58
(1) detailed, elaborate, careful, blow-by-blow
Kolokacji: 4
(2) brief, concise, succinct, terse, cryptic
Kolokacji: 5
(3) accurate, precise, exact, appropriate, correct, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(4) physical, personal, sensual
Kolokacji: 3
(5) vivid, graphic, mathematical, historical, realistic, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(6) general, full, good, comprehensive, extensive, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(7) short, adequate, inadequate, generous
Kolokacji: 4
(8) complete, thorough, perfect, incomplete, sketchy, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(9) original, initial, basic, first-hand, firsthand, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(10) early, recent, later, previous
Kolokacji: 4
(11) apt, step-by-step, eloquent, quick
Kolokacji: 4
(12) better, best, high-level
Kolokacji: 3
(13) formal, poetic, literary, metaphorical, poetical
Kolokacji: 5
1. formal description = oficjalny opis formal description
2. poetic description = opis poetycki poetic description
  • The Soviets sent back a poetic description of Moscow's setting sun.
  • He always suspected the poetic description of Time like an ever-rolling stream.
  • The titles of the various études are a mixture of technical terms and poetic descriptions.
  • According to this theory, these poetic descriptions had become distorted over time into seemingly diverse stories about gods and heroes.
  • His poetic description of ostriches is said to have been famous among the Arabs.
  • A customer offered a poetic description: "wild plant grow in the mountains, stem coming up in baby time."
  • A poetic description also calls the region the Low Countries by the Sea.
  • He took the comment at first as an analogy - as a poetic description of his mood.
  • It also answers to the artist's poetic description: "things that swim in the mind."
3. literary description = literacki opis literary description
4. metaphorical description = przenośny opis metaphorical description
5. poetical description = poetyczny opis poetical description
(14) scientific, technical
Kolokacji: 2
(15) clear, fair, statistical, lucid
Kolokacji: 4
(16) official, federal
Kolokacji: 2
(17) simple, explicit, mere, literal
Kolokacji: 4
(18) vague, definite
Kolokacji: 2
(19) lengthy, long, extended
Kolokacji: 3
(20) verbal, narrative
Kolokacji: 2
(21) similar, different, contradictory
Kolokacji: 3
(22) far, exaggerated
Kolokacji: 2
(23) above, textual, biblical, ethnographic, memorable, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(24) contemporary, new, bad, linguistic, modern
Kolokacji: 5
(25) clinical, objective, subjective
Kolokacji: 3
(26) specific, particular, meticulous
Kolokacji: 3
(27) geographical, topographical, true
Kolokacji: 3
(28) excellent, one-word, one-sentence, wonderful
Kolokacji: 4
(29) evocative, interesting, fascinating
Kolokacji: 3
(30) glowing, lyrical, enthusiastic
Kolokacji: 3
(31) only, in-depth, rich, thick, easy
Kolokacji: 5
(32) systematic, anatomical, territorial, taxonomic
Kolokacji: 4
(33) unflattering, flattering
Kolokacji: 2
(34) common, usual, popular
Kolokacji: 3
(35) audio, dramatic, play-by-play
Kolokacji: 3
(36) grammatical, phonological, semantic
Kolokacji: 3
(37) colorful, picturesque, florid
Kolokacji: 3
(38) visual, microscopic, macroscopic
Kolokacji: 3
(39) quantitative, qualitative
Kolokacji: 2
(40) useful, functional, structural
Kolokacji: 3
(41) classic, definitive, classical, standard, authoritative
Kolokacji: 5
(42) legal, valid
Kolokacji: 2
(43) theoretical, abstract
Kolokacji: 2
(44) straightforward, frank, blunt
Kolokacji: 3
(45) lurid, gruesome
Kolokacji: 2
(46) humorous, hilarious, amusing
Kolokacji: 3
(47) alternative, equivalent
Kolokacji: 2
(48) informal, cursory, intimate
Kolokacji: 3
(49) misleading, fictional
Kolokacji: 2
(50) architectural, geometric
Kolokacji: 2
(51) loving, sexual, romantic
Kolokacji: 3
(52) lively, animated
Kolokacji: 2
(53) phenomenological
Kolokacji: 1
(54) poignant, harrowing
Kolokacji: 2
(55) approximate, rough
Kolokacji: 2
(56) pejorative, derogatory
Kolokacji: 2
(57) informative, illustrated
Kolokacji: 2
(58) analytical, empirical, compelling
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + description
Kolokacji: 21
beyond description • with descriptions • in one's description • to one's description • from one's description • ...

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