English-Finnish translations for describe

  • kuvaillaOn helppoa kuvailla, mitä meidän on tehtävä. What we have to do is easily described. Miten muuten voisi kuvailla Lissabonin tapahtumia? How else to describe the events in Lisbon? Ainoa keinomme on kuvailla niitä yksitellen. All we can do is describe them, one by one.
  • kuvataTämä on mielestäni ainoa tapa kuvata asiaa. This is the only way I can describe it. On turha kuvata sitä tässä tarkemmin. I need not describe that here in detail. Ainoa tapa kuvata sitä on tuho. The only word to describe it is devastation.

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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