describe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·scribe [describe describes described describing] BrE [dɪˈskraɪb] NAmE [dɪˈskraɪb] verb
1. to say what sb/sth is like
•~ sb/sth (to/for sb) Can you describe him to me?
• The current political situation in Vietnam is described in chapter 8.
•~ sb/sth as sth The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.
•Jim was described by his colleagues as ‘unusual’.
•~ how, what, etc… Describe how you did it.
•~ (sb/sth) doing sth Several people described seeing strange lights in the sky.
2. ~ sth (formal or technical)to make a movement which has a particular shape; to form a particular shape
•The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish.
•The road describes a long loop around the town.
Derived Word: ↑describable
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.

Thesaurus:
describe verb T
•They described seeing strange lights in the sky.
•Can you describe him to me?
report • • tell • • portray • |formal recount • • relate • • depict •
describe/portray/depict sb/sth as sth
describe/report/tell/recount/relate what/how…
describe/report/portray/recount/relate/depict events/a series of events
describe/report/recount/relate your adventures

Example Bank:
•He described briefly what happened.
•He goes on to describe very vividly how Caesar was stabbed to death.
•He goes on to describe vividly how Lincoln was assassinated.
•Observers have described the situation in the country as ‘serious’.
•The shirt was variously described as ‘pink’, ‘salmon’ and ‘rose’.
•Their daily lives are described in detail.
•This process is fully described in section three of the book.
•Words cannot describe our feelings at that moment.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name, trace, draw, line, delineate, report, account, depict