English-Danish translations for describe

  • beskriveDet beskrives som bureaukratisk. It is described as bureaucratic. Begrebet krigstilstand er vel det, som bedst kan beskrive situationen. The concept of a state of war best describes the situation. 1 beskriver, hvad der er opdagelser, og stk. 2 beskriver, hvad der er opfindelser. Paragraph 1 describes what discoveries are, and paragraph 2 describes what inventions are.
  • betegneKommissæren ville betegne det som opsøgende arbejde. You would describe it as outreach work. Og det kan heller ikke betegnes som mere Europa. That cannot be described as more Europe either. De betegnes i dag med rette som nøgleområdet i den europæiske økonomi. They are rightly described as the key area of the European economy today.

Definition of describe

  • To represent in words
  • To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out
  • To give rise to a geometrical structure
  • To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa
  • To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class

Examples

  • The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant
  • The geographer describes countries and cities
  • to describe a circle by the compasses;   a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
  • The function describes a very complex surface
  • The fungus was first described by a botanist

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