described; describing
1
: to represent or give an account of in words
describe a picture
The police asked her to describe the thief.
There were so many things he wanted to describe …—
James Joyce
James Joyce2
: to represent by a figure, model, or picture : delineate
described in her paintings what she saw from her window
3
obsolete
: distribute
4
: to trace or traverse the outline of
describe a circle
describer
noun
Examples of describe in a Sentence
The witness wasn't able to describe the robber.
He described the house in perfect detail.
The article describes how the experiment was done.
She described watching dolphins play beside the ship.
Please describe what happened next.
Can you describe the lost dog to me?
She used a stick to describe a circle on the ground.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
And that's just the juiciest of the various cases described in a new paper published in the journal Criminal Law Forum.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Steiner, who parted ways with the American outfit early last year, described Verstappen's state of mind after the safety car restart, when just a few laps remained.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
The three examples the team highlighted in a new study describe supermassive black holes feasting on stars more than three times as massive as our own sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 June 2025
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“Describe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/describe. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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describe
verb
de·scribe
di-ˈskrīb 
described; describing
1
: to represent or give an account of in words
2
: to trace the outline of
describe a circle
describer
noun
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