describe
verb (used with object)
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of.
describes
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present tense formof describe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Places like Shibuya, then, are a natural fit for what Ertel describes as a renaissance of meaning, driven by vinyl’s resurgence.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
This finding offers a new explanation for a familiar phenomenon called the Pollyanna principle, which describes the tendency for human language to lean toward positive rather than negative words.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
Sarah, 39, describes the trial as one of the darkest periods of her life.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
As Phillips, Frank Readick describes the scene, imitating the frantic Hindenburg commentator.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
