describe

Значение

1. To represent in words.
2. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
3. To give rise to a geometrical structure.
4. To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
5. (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.

Пишется через дефис как

de‧scribe

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɪˈskɹaɪb/

Этимология

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.