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Uitgebreide synoniemen voor describe in het Engels

describe:

to describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)

  1. to describe
    to describe; to sketch; to outline
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    • sketch werkwoord (sketches, sketched, sketching)
    • outline werkwoord (outlines, outlined, outlining)
  2. to describe
    to describe; to reproduce
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    • reproduce werkwoord (reproduces, reproduced, reproducing)
  3. to describe
    to say; to expound; to describe; to depict; to define; to report; to tell; recount; to cover; to explain
    • say werkwoord (says, said, saying)
    • expound werkwoord (expounds, expounded, expounding)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    • depict werkwoord (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • define werkwoord (defines, defined, defining)
    • report werkwoord (reports, reported, reporting)
    • tell werkwoord (tells, told, telling)
    • recount werkwoord
    • cover werkwoord (covers, covered, covering)
    • explain werkwoord (explains, explained, explaining)
  4. to describe
    to depict; to portray; to paint; to picture; to describe
    • depict werkwoord (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • portray werkwoord (portrays, portrayed, portraying)
    • paint werkwoord (paints, painted, painting)
    • picture werkwoord (pictures, pictured, picturing)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
  5. to describe
    – give a description of 1
    to characterize; to characterise
    – describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of 1
    • characterize werkwoord, Amerikaans (characterizes, characterized, characterizing)
      • You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist1
      • This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover1
    • characterise werkwoord, Brits
    to define
    – determine the essential quality of 1
    • define werkwoord (defines, defined, defining)
    to depict; to describe
    – give a description of 1
    • depict werkwoord (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    to mark
    • mark werkwoord (marks, marked, marking)
  6. to describe
    – give a description of 1
    to draw; to depict; to describe
    – give a description of 1
    • draw werkwoord (draws, drew, drawing)
    • depict werkwoord (depicts, depicted, depicting)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
  7. to describe
    – identify as in botany or biology, for example 1
    to distinguish; to key; to identify; to describe; to discover; to name; key out
    – identify as in botany or biology, for example 1
    • distinguish werkwoord (distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)
    • key werkwoord (keys, keyed, keying)
    • identify werkwoord (identifies, indentified, identifying)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    • discover werkwoord (discovers, discovered, discovering)
    • name werkwoord (names, named, naming)
    • key out werkwoord
  8. to describe
    – to give an account or representation of in words 1
    to account; to report; to describe
    – to give an account or representation of in words 1
    • account werkwoord (accounts, accounted, accounting)
    • report werkwoord (reports, reported, reporting)
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
      • Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental1
  9. to describe
    – make a mark or lines on a surface 1
    to draw; to trace; to line; to describe; to delineate
    – make a mark or lines on a surface 1
    • draw werkwoord (draws, drew, drawing)
      • draw a line1
    • trace werkwoord (traces, traced, tracing)
      • trace the outline of a figure in the sand1
    • line werkwoord (lines, lined, lining)
      • draw a line1
      • trace the outline of a figure in the sand1
    • describe werkwoord (describes, described, describing)
    • delineate werkwoord (delineates, delineated, delineating)

Conjugations for describe:

present
  1. describe
  2. describe
  3. describes
  4. describe
  5. describe
  6. describe
simple past
  1. described
  2. described
  3. described
  4. described
  5. described
  6. described
present perfect
  1. have described
  2. have described
  3. has described
  4. have described
  5. have described
  6. have described
past continuous
  1. was describing
  2. were describing
  3. was describing
  4. were describing
  5. were describing
  6. were describing
future
  1. shall describe
  2. will describe
  3. will describe
  4. shall describe
  5. will describe
  6. will describe
continuous present
  1. am describing
  2. are describing
  3. is describing
  4. are describing
  5. are describing
  6. are describing
subjunctive
  1. be described
  2. be described
  3. be described
  4. be described
  5. be described
  6. be described
diverse
  1. describe!
  2. let's describe!
  3. described
  4. describing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternatieve synoniemen voor "describe":


Verwante definities voor "describe":

  1. identify as in botany or biology, for example1
  2. to give an account or representation of in words1
    • Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental1
  3. give a description of1
  4. make a mark or lines on a surface1