describe
Significat (English)
- To represent in words.
- To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
- To give rise to a geometrical structure.
- To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
- (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
Synonyms
illustrate
elucidate
refer to
key out
express in words
give a hint
make clear
harrate
act for
Freqüència
Amb guionet com a
de‧scribe
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪˈskɹaɪb/
Etimologia (English)
From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.
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