Definition of "describe" []

To give an account of in speech or writing. (verb-transitive)
To convey an idea or impression of; characterize: She described her childhood as a time of wonder and discovery. (verb-transitive)
To represent pictorially; depict: Goya's etchings describe the horrors of war in grotesque detail. (verb-transitive)
To trace the form or outline of: describe a circle with a compass. (verb-transitive)

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Use "describe" in a sentence

"Does the title describe families who compete, or families who watch?"
"Sorry DNC, That bizarre behavior you describe is actually integrity."
"Ted, I used to be a civvy turnkey in a VERY busy police office in Glasgow, and the scenario you describe is how it worked there with the arresting officers each taking hold of one arm of the prisoner while I was searching him."

Words like "describe"

delineate depict describable described describes

describing description descriptive descriptivism descriptivist

descriptor explain express inform narrate

portray recount relate scribe set forth