describe
verb (used with object)
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of.
describable
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a word derived from
describe.
Example Sentences
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Pauli, in an attempt to explain the structure of atomic spectra and the periodic table, had recently postulated that electrons had a “two-valuedness not describable classically.”
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2022
Rauch is determined to be an optimist about his one large idea: that an established scientific method reliant on discernible facts and describable methodology can still produce consensus among opinion-shapers and elites on fundamental issues.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
“We started to walk around and it was extremely sad, it was not describable the devastation and the sound of the explosion,” he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2020
Those injuries and related damages are readily apparent and describable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2018
Rare events such as batting streaks that are the result of chance are not individually predictable, yet the pattern of their occurrence is probabilistically describable.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
