describe

To say or write what someone or something is like, or what happened.

• Can you describe your house?
• He described what happened at the station.
• She described her neighbour as a kind man.

How to use it: describe someone/something to someone (Can you describe the man to the police?); describe someone/something as something (She described the journey as exhausting.)

Similar words: portray, depict

Common phrases: describe something, describe someone as something, describe something to someone

To say or write what someone or something is like.

• Describe your room.
• He described what happened at school.
• How would you describe her voice?

How to use it: describe someone/something as something (She described the room as bright and comfortable.); describe someone/something to someone (Can you describe the thief to the officer?)

Similar words: portray, depict

Common phrases: describe a scene, describe something as, describe someone to

To move along a path that forms a particular shape.

• Her hand described a circle in the air.
• The lamp describes a small arc as it swings.
• The aircraft described a wide curve above the field.

Similar words: trace

Common phrases: describe a circle, describe an arc

To draw or mark the shape or outline of something.

• Use a compass to describe a circle.
• The pencil described a smooth curve on the paper.
• Describe a triangle inside the larger circle.

Similar words: draw, trace, delineate

Common phrases: describe a circle, describe an outline