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describe

/dɪˈskɹaɪb/
/dəˈskɹaɪb/
[dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b] UK
[dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b] US
[dɪˈskɹɑɪ̯b] US
[dɪˈskɹaɪ̯b] Canada
[dɪˈskɹəjb] Canada
[dɪˈskɹɑɪ̯b] Australia
[dɪˈskɹɑjb] British, Southern, Standard

Rhymes with -aɪb

Where it comes from

From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.

verb describes · describing · described

transitive To represent in words. The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
transitive To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
transitive To give rise to a geometrical structure. The function describes a very complex surface.
transitive To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. The fungus was first described by a botanist.
obsolete, transitive To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.

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