| VERB | communication | describe, depict, draw | give a description of |
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| communication | describe, report, account | to give an account or representation of in words | |
| contact | describe, trace, draw, line, delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface | |
| cognition | describe, identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name | identify as in botany or biology, for example |
| Sounds | dihskray'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ascribe ... vibe: 15 rhymes with ayb... | |
| Meaning | Give a description of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | depict, draw | |
| Narrower | delineate | describe in vivid detail |
| represent | describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality | |
| sketch, outline, adumbrate | describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | |
| Broader | set forth, expound, exposit | state |
| Spanish | bosquejar, describir, retratar | |
| Catalan | descriure, retratar | |
| Nouns | description | the act of describing something |
| Meaning | To give an account or representation of in words. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" | |
| Synonyms | report, account | |
| Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| Spanish | dar parte, denunciar, describir, informar, relatar, reportar, señalar | |
| Catalan | assenyalar, denunciar, descriure, informar, relatar, reportar | |
| Adjectives | descriptive | serving to describe or inform or characterized by description |
| Nouns | description | the act of describing something |
| Meaning | make a mark or lines on a surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | trace, draw, line, delineate | |
| Entailed by | chalk | Write, draw, or trace with chalk |
| charcoal | Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | |
| doodle | make a doodle | |
| pencil | Write, draw, or trace with a pencil | |
| Narrower | circumscribe | Draw a line around |
| circumscribe | To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | |
| construct | Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | |
| inscribe | Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible | |
| write | mark or trace on a surface | |
| Broader | mark | make or leave a mark on |
| Similar to | draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
| draw | Engage in drawing | |
| Spanish | delinear, dibujar, pintar, rayar, trazar | |
| Catalan | calcar, delinear, dibuixar, esbossar, traçar | |
| Meaning | identify as in botany or biology, for example. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, name | |
| Entails | classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate | Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
| Spanish | denominar, describir, descubrir, distinguir, identificar, nombrar | |
| Catalan | denominar, descobrir, descriure, identificar | |
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