English-French translations for describe

  • décrire
    On peut facilement décrire ce que nous devons faire. What we have to do is easily described. Permettez-moi d'en décrire quelques-uns. I shall describe a few of them. Comment peut-on décrire cela autrement? How else could this be described?
  • présenter
    Ce pays peut-il déjà se présenter comme un État démocratique qui respecte ses minorités ethniques? Can it describe itself yet as a democratic state that respects its ethnic minorities? Et enfin, je regrette de ne pas disposer de plus de temps de parole pour présenter ma vingtaine d'autres objections contre cette initiative. I am only sorry that I do not have more time to describe the 20 or so other objections I have to this initiative. En général, les rapports sur les stratégies nationales ont décrit la situation actuelle au lieu de présenter de nouvelles initiatives politiques. In general, the national strategy reports described the current state of play rather than presenting new policy initiatives.
  • qualifier
    Permettez-moi de le qualifier de la sorte. Allow me to describe it as such. Il n'y a qu'un seul mot pour qualifier cette situation: terreur. This can only be described as outright terror. Nous ne pouvons évidemment pas les qualifier d'élections démocratiques. They obviously cannot be described as democratic elections.
  • représenter
  • souligner
    Permettez-moi de souligner à nouveau qu’il serait erroné de dire de ce processus qu’il a échoué. Let me again stress that it would be wrong to describe the process as having failed. Il est toutefois nécessaire de souligner la nature distincte de certains problèmes de santé affectant les femmes; problèmes qui requièrent donc des actions spécifiques.I am not going to describe again the state of women's health in the European Union as we already have a very clear picture.

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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