Added 6 October 2026
describe
/dɪˈskɹaɪb/ verb
In Latin: dēscrībō Wiktionary
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To represent in words.
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
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To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
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To give rise to a geometrical structure.
The function describes a very complex surface.
Origin
From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.
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