described
/dɪˈskrʌɪb/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈskrʌɪb/
dɪˈskrʌɪb
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Past ending sound
dɪ - ˈskrʌɪb -> described
Myanmar meaning
(v[pt]) ဖွဲ့ဆိုသရုပ်ဖော် (v[pp]) ဖွဲ့ဆိုသရုပ်ဖော်
Full entry
၁။ ~ sb/sth (to/for sb); ~ sth as sth ဖော်ပြသည်။ ဖွဲ့ဆိုသည်။ သရုပ်ဖော်သည်။ ပြန်လည်ပြောပြသည်။
Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene. ❍ She described her attacker to the police. ❍ Can you briefly describe how you spend a typical day? ❍ She describes the experience as the most painful of her life.
၂။ ~ sb as sth ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုသည်။
She describes herself as an inventor. ❍ He is described by his colleagues as thoughtful and sensitive.
၃။ (fml or techn ) ရေးဆွဲသည်။ ပုံဖော်သည်။ describe a perfect circle on the ice.
More examples
- The email system is fully described in section 10.
- I don’t think that’s quite the word to describe my feelings.
- [describe someone/something as something] : The attacker is described as around 30, with dark hair and a beard.
- Paramedics described the scene as a battlefield.
- [describe how/what/who] : Could you describe how the trip ended?
- [describe doing something] : She described feeling so angry that she wanted to hit him.
- [describe someone/something as something] : Was this the man she had once described as a hero?
- I wouldn’t describe her as a nice person.
- The river describes an almost perfect arc across their land.
Synonyms
explain, portray, depict, illustrate, express, tell, call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, designate, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, illuminate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, pronounce, recite, recount, refer to, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, style, term, trace, transmit, write up, writing
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