English-Dutch translations for describe

• beschrijven
  Ik zal er enkele van beschrijven. I shall describe a few of them.
  Dat heb ik proberen te beschrijven. That is what I have attempted to describe.
  Alles wat we kunnen doen is ze één voor één beschrijven. All we can do is describe them, one by one.
• omschrijven
  Hoe kan men het anders omschrijven? How else could this be described?
  U zou dat omschrijven als outreachwerk. You would describe it as outreach work.
  De toestand valt nog het best te omschrijven met de term "oorlogstoestand" . The concept of a state of war best describes the situation.

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

Related words

• described
• describer
• undescribed
• aforedescribed
• abovedescribed
• describe vividly
• described above