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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The listing describes the seven-bedroom home at 7640 Tobia Way as a “showcase of Santa Barbara-inspired architecture” that is “privately positioned along the bluffs on 8.2 acres.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The paper notes what it describes as a "stark regional divide" in antidepressant use, with the highest number of prescriptions recorded in North Cumbria and South Yorkshire.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
More interesting still is how the musical conversation turns dialectical, as Ms. Celenza describes in fine detail, with Ellington’s own version of “Rhapsody in Blue,” a jazz re-edit of the jazz-influenced Gershwin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Bioloon is the result of a public-private partnership launched by Charlotte Melia, an events entrepreneur, who describes herself as environmentally minded.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Talking rapidly, Carl Phillips describes what he sees at the farm where the flaming object landed.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
