To describe is to report details about something either out loud or in writing. "Since we can't come to Paris with you, please describe it in your letter!"
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out;
Verb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Verb
to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
Verb
give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
Verb
make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
v. t.
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to
delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the
compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a
circle.
v. t.
To represent by words written or spoken; to give an
account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the
geographer describes countries and cities.
v. t.
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark
off; to class.
v. i.
To use the faculty of describing; to give a
description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Describe
Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
Describe
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out;
To use the faculty of describing; to give a description;
Usage Examples
I mean, it's amazing that I get to meet all these people. I've learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can't even describe how much fun I had.
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.'
In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in 'Amped,' I focus on neural implants.
I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe.
I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.
I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.
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Other Usage ExamplesI don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do.
Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life.
I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.
In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.
I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And it's just... womanish.
Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.
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