English-Italian translations for describe

  • descrivereCiò che dobbiamo fare si può descrivere facilmente. What we have to do is easily described. In quale altro modo descrivere quanto accaduto a Lisbona? How else to describe the events in Lisbon? Non aveva fatto altro che descrivere i particolari della situazione. All he had done was to describe the situation accurately.

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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