describe

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English descriven < Old French descrivre < Latin dēscrībō (I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing) < de (off) + scribere (to write); see scribe and shrive.

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Infinitive
to describe

Third person singular
describes

Simple past
described

Past participle
described

Present participle
describing

to describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describing, simple past and past participle described)

  1. (transitive) To represent in words.
    The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
  2. (transitive) (mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
    The function describes a very complex surface.

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describe (infinitive: describir)

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of describir.
  2. informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of describir.