"describe" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "de‧scribe",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Their wedding day, as described by Emma in her book, was \"a perfect September day.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "The problems described above in Chapter 2, are found around the world."
        },
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          "text": "Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman."
        },
        {
          "text": "These cheeses have a certain smell, as described in the section on soft cheeses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The hospital described her condition as serious."
        },
        {
          "text": "The instructions describe how to put it together."
        },
        {
          "text": "In the story, he describes falling through the air for hours."
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        "If you describe something, you say what it looks like, sounds like, acts like, etc."
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          "text": "His finger slowly described a circle in the water."
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        "If something describes a circle, arc, etc., it follows that shape."
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        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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      "form": "describing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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          "text": "Their wedding day, as described by Emma in her book, was \"a perfect September day.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "The problems described above in Chapter 2, are found around the world."
        },
        {
          "text": "Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman."
        },
        {
          "text": "These cheeses have a certain smell, as described in the section on soft cheeses."
        },
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          "text": "The hospital described her condition as serious."
        },
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          "text": "The instructions describe how to put it together."
        },
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          "text": "In the story, he describes falling through the air for hours."
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        }
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      ],
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