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describe [ de·scribe ]

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US
dɪˈskraɪb ]
[
UK
dɪˈskraɪb ]
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Verb

1. Give a detailed account in words of.

he described his experiences in a letter to his parents

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2. Mark out or draw (a geometrical figure)

on the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described

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3. Move in a way which follows the outline of (an imaginary geometrical figure)

a single light is seen to describe a circle

Origin

1. Late Middle English from Latin describere, from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.

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