"describe" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈskɹaɪb/, /dəˈskɹaɪb/ Audio: En-us-describe.ogg [US] Forms: describes [present, singular, third-person], describing [participle, present], described [participle, past], described [past]
Rhymes: -aɪb Etymology: From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{der|en|enm|descriven}} Middle English descriven, {{der|en|fro|descrivre}} Old French descrivre, {{der|en|la|dēscrībō||I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing}} Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), {{m|la|dē||off}} dē (“off”), {{m|la|scrībō||write}} scrībō (“write”), {{ncog|ang|āmearcian}} Old English āmearcian Head templates: {{en-verb}} describe (third-person singular simple present describes, present participle describing, simple past and past participle described)
  1. (transitive) To represent in words. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to represent in words): portray Translations (to represent in words): beskryf (Afrikaans), përshkruaj (Albanian), ἐκφράζω (ekphrázō) (Ancient Greek), وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (Arabic), وصف (waṣaf) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), նկարագրել (nkaragrel) (Armenian), բնորոշել (bnorošel) (Armenian), describir (Asturian), təsvir etmək (Azerbaijani), deskribatzea (Basque), апі́сваць (apísvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), апіса́ць (apisácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), বর্ণনা করা (bornona kora) (Bengali), опи́свам (opísvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), опи́ша (opíša) [perfective] (Bulgarian), သရုပ်ဖော် (sa.ruphpau) (Burmese), ဖော်ပြ (hpau-pra.) (Burmese), descriure (Catalan), 描述 (miáoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 描寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 描写 (miáoxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 形容 (xíngróng) (Chinese Mandarin), deskrifa (Cornish), popisovat [imperfective] (Czech), popsat [perfective] (Czech), beskrive (Danish), beschrijven (Dutch), omschrijven (Dutch), priskribi (Esperanto), adjektivi (Esperanto), kirjeldama (Estonian), kuvailla (Finnish), luonnehtia (Finnish), décrire (French), describir (Galician), აღწერა (aɣc̣era) (Georgian), beschreiben (German), περιγράφω (perigráfo) (Greek), תיאר (te'ér) (Hebrew), वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā) (Hindi), leír (Hungarian), lýsa (Icelandic), deskriptar (Ido), describer (Interlingua), descrivere (Italian), 記述する (kijutsu suru) (alt: きじゅつする) (Japanese), 描写する (byōsha suru) (alt: びょうしゃする) (Japanese), ыспаттау (yspattau) (Kazakh), дәлелдеу (däleldeu) (Kazakh), айғақтау (aiğaqtau) (Kazakh), сипаттау (sipattau) (Kazakh), ពណ៌នា (pɔənaʼniə) (Khmer), 서술하다 (seosulhada) (Korean), 묘사하다 (myosahada) (Korean), deskrivir (Ladino), ພັນລະນາ (phan la nā) (Lao), ພັນຣະນາ (phan ra nā) (Lao), ພັນນະນາ (phan na nā) (Lao), ຊີ້ແຈງ (sī chǣng) (Lao), ບັນຍາຍ (ban nyāi) (Lao), dēscrībō (Latin), aprakstīt (Latvian), aprašyti (Lithuanian), wopisowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), wopisaś [perfective] (Lower Sorbian), опишува (opišuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), опише (opiše) [perfective] (Macedonian), зурах (zurax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тодорхойлох (todorxojlox) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тайлбарлах (tajlbarlax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), beskriiw [Föhr-Amrum] (Northern Frisian), beskrive (Norwegian Bokmål), descriure (Occitan), āmearcian (Old English), ibsuu (Oromo), توصیف کردن (towsif kardan) (Persian), وصفیدن (Persian), بیانیدن (Persian), opisywać [imperfective] (Polish), opisać [perfective] (Polish), descrever (Portuguese), descrie (Romanian), опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), описа́ть (opisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), describe (Scots), описи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), опи́сати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), opisívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), opísati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), opisovať [imperfective] (Slovak), opísať [perfective] (Slovak), popisovať [imperfective] (Slovak), popísať [perfective] (Slovak), opisovati [imperfective] (Slovene), opisati [perfective] (Slovene), describir (Spanish), beskriva (Swedish), тасвир кардан (tasvir kardan) (Tajik), వర్ణించు (varṇiñcu) (Telugu), พรรณนา (pan-ná-naa) (Thai), tanımlamak (Turkish), опи́сувати (opýsuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), описа́ти (opysáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), wopisować [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian), wopisać [perfective] (Upper Sorbian), بیان کریں (bayān karnā) (Urdu), tavsiflamoq (Uzbek), tasvirlamoq (Uzbek), miêu tả (Vietnamese), disgrifio (Welsh), באַשרייבן (bashreybn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-describe-en-verb-zr5CyMYo Disambiguation of 'to represent in words': 82 13 2 1 3 Disambiguation of 'to represent in words': 82 13 2 1 3
  2. (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-describe-en-verb-RTLZyxWl
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to give rise to a geometrical structure): очерта́вам (očertávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), очерта́я (očertája) [perfective] (Bulgarian), beskrive (Danish), kuvata (Finnish), beschreiben (German), beskrive (Norwegian Bokmål), опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), описа́ть (opisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оче́рчивать (očérčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очерти́ть (očertítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), určiť (Slovak), beskriva (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-describe-en-verb-dJaSpaM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 60 20 5 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to give rise to a geometrical structure': 2 3 90 3 3
  4. (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-describe-en-verb-LjEGXybg Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  5. (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-describe-en-verb-Nsa0LIjE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: speak, write Hyponyms: recapitulate, run over, sum up, summarize Derived forms: abovedescribed, aforedescribed, describer, there are no words to describe Related terms: describable, description, descriptive, descriptivism, descriptivist, descriptor, scribe
Synonyms: betell, depict, report, delineate, describe, chronicle, explain, narrate, recount, relate, represent, set forth, state Synonyms (to represent in writing): bewrite Disambiguation of 'to represent in writing': 33 22 33 7 5

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.",
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          "text": "The geographer describes countries and cities.",
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          "text": "Several witnesses describe seeing lights in the sky that night.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2014 November 2, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk",
          "text": "Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.",
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          "text": "[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.",
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        "(transitive) To represent in words."
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          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beskryf"
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          "sense": "to represent in words",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "waṣafa",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "وَصَفَ"
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          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "waṣaf",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
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          "word": "وصف"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nkaragrel",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "նկարագրել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "bnorošel",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "բնորոշել"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "describir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "təsvir etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "deskribatzea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apísvacʹ",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "апі́сваць"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apisácʹ",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "апіса́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bornona kora",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "বর্ণনা করা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "opísvam",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опи́свам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "opíša",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "опи́ша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sa.ruphpau",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "သရုပ်ဖော်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hpau-pra.",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ဖော်ပြ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "descriure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miáoshù",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "描述"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "描寫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miáoxiě",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "描写"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xíngróng",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "形容"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "deskrifa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "popisovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "popsat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beskrive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beschrijven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "omschrijven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "priskribi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "adjektivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "kirjeldama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "kuvailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "luonnehtia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "décrire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "describir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "aɣc̣era",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "აღწერა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beschreiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perigráfo",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "περιγράφω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ekphrázō",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ἐκφράζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "te'ér",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "תיאר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "varṇan karnā",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "वर्णन करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "leír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "lýsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "deskriptar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "describer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "descrivere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "alt": "きじゅつする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kijutsu suru",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "記述する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "alt": "びょうしゃする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "byōsha suru",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "描写する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "yspattau",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ыспаттау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "däleldeu",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "дәлелдеу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aiğaqtau",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "айғақтау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sipattau",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "сипаттау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pɔənaʼniə",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ពណ៌នា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seosulhada",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "서술하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myosahada",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "묘사하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "deskrivir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phan la nā",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ພັນລະນາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phan ra nā",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ພັນຣະນາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "phan na nā",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ພັນນະນາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sī chǣng",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ຊີ້ແຈງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ban nyāi",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ບັນຍາຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "dēscrībō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "aprakstīt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "aprašyti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "opišuva",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опишува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "opiše",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опише"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zurax",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "зурах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "todorxojlox",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "тодорхойлох"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tajlbarlax",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "тайлбарлах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "Northern Frisian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Föhr-Amrum"
          ],
          "word": "beskriiw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beskrive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "descriure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "āmearcian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "ibsuu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "towsif kardan",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "توصیف کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "وصفیدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "بیانیدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "descrever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "descrie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опи́сывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opisátʹ",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "описа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "describe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "описи́вати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опи́сати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisívati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opísati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opísať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "popisovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "popísať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisovati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opisati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wopisowaś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wopisaś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wopisować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wopisać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "describir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "beskriva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tasvir kardan",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "тасвир кардан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "varṇiñcu",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "వర్ణించు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pan-ná-naa",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "พรรณนา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "tanımlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "opýsuvaty",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опи́сувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "opysáty",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "описа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bayān karnā",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "بیان کریں"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "tavsiflamoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "tasvirlamoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "miêu tả"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "disgrifio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 13 2 1 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "bashreybn",
          "sense": "to represent in words",
          "word": "באַשרייבן"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans",
          "text": "Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 146",
          "text": "His body was contracted and bent towards them, and described an undulatory movement like that of a worm writhing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out."
      ],
      "id": "en-describe-en-verb-RTLZyxWl",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 60 20 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The function describes a very complex surface.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give rise to a geometrical structure."
      ],
      "id": "en-describe-en-verb-dJaSpaM0",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "očertávam",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "очерта́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "očertája",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "очерта́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "beskrive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "kuvata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "beschreiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "beskrive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опи́сывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opisátʹ",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "описа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očérčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оче́рчивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očertítʹ",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "очерти́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "určiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 90 3 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
          "word": "beskriva"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "orig": "en:Taxonomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Evolutionary theory",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The fungus was first described by a botanist.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa."
      ],
      "id": "en-describe-en-verb-LjEGXybg",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "taxon",
          "taxon"
        ],
        [
          "taxa",
          "taxa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class."
      ],
      "id": "en-describe-en-verb-Nsa0LIjE",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "abovedescribed"
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    {
      "word": "aforedescribed"
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      "word": "there are no words to describe"
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          "text": "The geographer describes countries and cities.",
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          "text": "Several witnesses describe seeing lights in the sky that night.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014 November 2, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk",
          "text": "Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.",
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          "ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax",
          "text": "[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.",
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          "text": "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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          "ref": "1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans",
          "text": "Uncas described an arc in the water with his own blade, and as the canoe passed swiftly on, Chingachgook recovered his paddle, and flourishing it on high, he gave the war-whoop of the Mohicans.",
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        {
          "ref": "1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 146",
          "text": "His body was contracted and bent towards them, and described an undulatory movement like that of a worm writhing.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class."
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        "(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class."
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈskɹaɪb/"
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      "ipa": "/dəˈskɹaɪb/"
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      "sense": "to represent in words",
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "set forth"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beskryf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "përshkruaj"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṣafa",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "وَصَفَ"
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      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "waṣaf",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
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      "word": "وصف"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nkaragrel",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "նկարագրել"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnorošel",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "բնորոշել"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "describir"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "təsvir etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "deskribatzea"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apísvacʹ",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "апі́сваць"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apisácʹ",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "апіса́ць"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bornona kora",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "বর্ণনা করা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opísvam",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "опи́свам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opíša",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "опи́ша"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.ruphpau",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "သရုပ်ဖော်"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hpau-pra.",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ဖော်ပြ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "descriure"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miáoshù",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "描述"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "描寫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miáoxiě",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "描写"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngróng",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "形容"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "deskrifa"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "popisovat"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "popsat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beskrive"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "omschrijven"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "priskribi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "adjektivi"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "kirjeldama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "kuvailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "luonnehtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "décrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "describir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣc̣era",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "აღწერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perigráfo",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "περιγράφω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ekphrázō",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ἐκφράζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "te'ér",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "תיאר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "varṇan karnā",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "वर्णन करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "leír"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "lýsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "deskriptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "describer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "descrivere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きじゅつする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kijutsu suru",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "記述する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "びょうしゃする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "byōsha suru",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "描写する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "yspattau",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ыспаттау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "däleldeu",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "дәлелдеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aiğaqtau",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "айғақтау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sipattau",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "сипаттау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɔənaʼniə",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ពណ៌នា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seosulhada",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "서술하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myosahada",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "묘사하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "deskrivir"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phan la nā",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ພັນລະນາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phan ra nā",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ພັນຣະນາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phan na nā",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ພັນນະນາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sī chǣng",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ຊີ້ແຈງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ban nyāi",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ບັນຍາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "dēscrībō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "aprakstīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "aprašyti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opišuva",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опишува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opiše",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опише"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zurax",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зурах"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "todorxojlox",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тодорхойлох"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tajlbarlax",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тайлбарлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "Northern Frisian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Föhr-Amrum"
      ],
      "word": "beskriiw"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beskrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "descriure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "āmearcian"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "ibsuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "towsif kardan",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "توصیف کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "وصفیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "بیانیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "descrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "descrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisátʹ",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "describe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "описи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opísati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opísať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "popisovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popísať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opisati"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wopisowaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wopisaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wopisować"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wopisać"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "describir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "beskriva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tasvir kardan",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "тасвир кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "varṇiñcu",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "వర్ణించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pan-ná-naa",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "พรรณนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "tanımlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opýsuvaty",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opysáty",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bayān karnā",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "بیان کریں"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "tavsiflamoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "tasvirlamoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "miêu tả"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "disgrifio"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bashreybn",
      "sense": "to represent in words",
      "word": "באַשרייבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očertávam",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очерта́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očertája",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очерта́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "beskrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "kuvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "beschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "beskrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisátʹ",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očérčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оче́рчивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očertítʹ",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очерти́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "určiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give rise to a geometrical structure",
      "word": "beskriva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "describe"
}

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