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English
Etymology
From Middle English descriven < Old French descrivre < Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”) < dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive.
Pronunciation
Verb
to describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describing, simple past and past participle described)
- (transitive) To represent in words.
- The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
- (transitive) (mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
- The function describes a very complex surface.
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Related terms
External links
- describe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- describe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Spanish
Verb
describe (infinitive describir)
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of describir.
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of describir.
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