describe
describe
/dɪˈskraɪb/
describe something Unfortunately, they do not describe their methods.
Participants were asked to describe their experience of being off work.
be described (by somebody) Several new procedures will be described briefly below.
The design is similar to that described by Moinet and Peltier 68. describe doing something A number of participants described feeling uncomfortable.
describe how/what, etc… I will not attempt to describe how it works.
be described in something Some of this work is described in Chapter 8.
as described (in something) All data refer to a temperature of 25°C and other standard conditions as described in the text.
Collocations
adverb
accuratelyexactlyin detail…
verb + describe
cannotbe difficult tobe hard to…
DESCRIBE + NOUN
way, manner • strategy • approach • method, methodology, technique • system • model • mechanism • principle • operation • process • procedure • protocol • activity • experiment situation • phenomenon • experience • structure • development • relationship • effect • motion • event
Using software solutions would provide precise information about each of the phenomena described in this study.
DESCRIBE + NOUN
type, kind • characteristics, properties, features • condition • aspect • pattern • symptoms • behaviour • role • feeling • reaction • interaction • distribution
The four behaviours described were not assumed to be equal in any way.
work • case • study • scenario • example • findings
This article describes a study that examines these issues through the medium of child health.
NOUN + DESCRIBE
scholar • historian • linguist • journalist • commentator • narrator • author • colleague
In Chapter 8, the authors describe how ‘neural network mapping’ can be applied to investigation.
NOUN + DESCRIBE
participant • respondent • interviewee • witness
Many respondents described extreme situations for which they did not feel appropriately prepared.
NOUN + DESCRIBE
report • paper • article • chapter • section
The Committee's report also describes the practical and legal complexities.
ADVERB + DESCRIBE
better, best • aptly • accurately • precisely • properly • correctly • completely • explicitly • clearly • vividly • adequately • simply, merely • only • briefly • once • first, initially • now • later • then • typically • further • repeatedly • famously • thus
Section 2 briefly describes the minimal regulation of internal armed conflict up to the 1990s.
(AS) DESCRIBED + ADVERB
above • previously, earlier, before • here, herein • elsewhere • below • next • later, subsequently • briefly • at length • more fully • in (more/greater) detail
As described earlier, some salespeople are now being called upon to fill more challenging strategic roles.
For the data described above, a three-level model is required.
BE + ADVERB + DESCRIBED
well • fully • extensively • formally
The conditions that differentiate Antarctica from other environments have been well described (Knox; Arnaud; Hempel; Dayton et al).
2 often passive to say what somebody/something is like; to say what somebody/something is describe something/somebody I cannot even begin to describe them.
describe something/somebody as something It would be an exaggeration to describe him as anti-democratic.
describe something/somebody as doing something The activities are described as providing opportunities for children to learn useful skills.
be described in terms of something This process can be described in terms of a progression from transcript to script.
3 describe something to make a movement which has a particular shape; to form a particular shape
The net result is a trajectory that describes a spiral around the fixed point.
4 describe something(specialist) (of a diagram or calculation) to represent something
The relationship is described by a linear regression line.
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.