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describe  

EN[dəˈskɹaɪb]
US
Fdécrire
  • VerbeSGdescribesPRdescribingPT, PPdescribedPREdés-
    1. VT To represent in words.
      1. The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant. ‎
      2. The geographer describes countries and cities. ‎
    2. VT To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
      1. to describe a circle by the compasses;   a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle ‎
    3. VT (mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
      1. The function describes a very complex surface. ‎
    4. VT (taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
      1. The fungus was first described by a botanist. ‎
    5. OBS To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
    6. Plus d'exemples
      1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
        • The experimental vasectomy operation was performed under sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg body weight, i.p) anesthesia via a lower midabdominal incision as described elsewhere.
        • However, various structural and functional differences have been described throughout the septotemporal axis of the DG as well as between the supra- and infrapyramidal blades [32 –35 ].
        • This minor protocolary modification in a well established flow has, nonetheless, a substantial effect on the fluid dynamics as we describe below.
      2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
        • In that study, some of the subjects had dreams in which they were slaking their thirst, very much like the dreams of convenience Freud described.
        • Longipedlactone L [23 ] was isolated from Kadsura ananosma and longipedlactone H [24 ] from Kadsura longipedunculata as described.

    Meaning of describe for the defined word.

    Grammaticalement, ce mot "describe" est un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes transitif.
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      1. en describes
      2. en describee
      3. en describer
      4. en described
      5. en describeth
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