English: describe

English verb 'describe' conjugated

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to describe
Participle: described
Gerund: describing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idescribe
youdescribe
he;she;itdescribes
wedescribe
youdescribe
theydescribe

Perfect

Ihave described
youhave described
he;she;ithas described
wehave described
youhave described
theyhave described

Past

Idescribed
youdescribed
he;she;itdescribed
wedescribed
youdescribed
theydescribed

Pluperfect

Ihad described
youhad described
he;she;ithad described
wehad described
youhad described
theyhad described

Future

Iwill describe
youwill describe
he;she;itwill describe
wewill describe
youwill describe
theywill describe

Future Perfect

Iwill have described
youwill have described
he;she;itwill have described
wewill have described
youwill have described
theywill have described

Subjunctive

Present

Idescribe
youdescribe
he;she;itdescribe
wedescribe
youdescribe
theydescribe

Perfect

Ihave described
youhave described
he;she;ithave described
wehave described
youhave described
theyhave described

Imperfect

Idescribed
youdescribed
he;she;itdescribed
wedescribed
youdescribed
theydescribed

Pluperfect

Ihad described
youhad described
he;she;ithad described
wehad described
youhad described
theyhad described

Conditional

Present

Iwould describe
youwould describe
he;she;itwould describe
wewould describe
youwould describe
theywould describe

Perfect

Iwould have described
youwould have described
he;she;itwould have described
wewould have described
youwould have described
theywould have described

Imperative

youdescribe
weLet's describe
youdescribe

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam describing
youare describing
he;she;itis describing
weare describing
youare describing
theyare describing

Perfect

Ihave been describing
youhave been describing
he;she;ithas been describing
wehave been describing
youhave been describing
theyhave been describing

Past

Iwas describing
youwere describing
he;she;itwas describing
wewere describing
youwere describing
theywere describing

Pluperfect

Ihad been describing
youhad been describing
he;she;ithad been describing
wehad been describing
youhad been describing
theyhad been describing

Future

Iwill be describing
youwill be describing
he;she;itwill be describing
wewill be describing
youwill be describing
theywill be describing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been describing
youwill have been describing
he;she;itwill have been describing
wewill have been describing
youwill have been describing
theywill have been describing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be describing
youwould be describing
he;she;itwould be describing
wewould be describing
youwould be describing
theywould be describing

Perfect

Iwould have been describing
youwould have been describing
he;she;itwould have been describing
wewould have been describing
youwould have been describing
theywould have been describing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

depict
picture, explicate, account, illustrate, recite, specify, characterize, rehearse

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“I copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian. See: Old French 'descrivre', Latin 'dēscrībō'.

Verbs referencing "describe"

Scots describe, Cebuano deskrayb.

Sample Sentences

  • Not sea-sick, be it understood, in the ordinary acceptation of the term: I wish I had been: but in a form which I have never seen or heard described, though I have no doubt it is very common. I lay there, all the day long, quite coolly and contentedly; with no sense of weariness, with no desire to get up, or get better, or take the air; with no [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Her name is Laura Bridgman. ‘She was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on the twenty-first of December, 1829. She is described as having been a very sprightly and pretty infant, with bright blue eyes. She was, however, so puny and feeble until she was a year and a half old, that her parents hardly hoped to rear her. She [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • A further account has been published by Dr. Howe, since the report from which I have just quoted. It describes her rapid mental growth and improvement during twelve months more, and brings her little history down to the end of last year. It is very remarkable, that as we dream in words, and carry on [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I have been thus particular in describing her, because she will serve to exemplify the physician 's manner of acquiring and retaining the confidence of his patients. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Every patient in this asylum sits down to dinner every day with a knife and fork; and in the midst of them sits the gentleman, whose manner of dealing with his charges, I have just described. At every meal, moral influence alone restrains the more violent among them from cutting the throats of the rest; but the effect of that influence is reduced to an absolute certainty, and is found, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of; are appealed to, as members of the great human family, however afflicted, indigent, or fallen; are ruled by the strong Heart, and not by the strong (though immeasurably weaker ) Hand. I have described them at some length; firstly, because their worth demanded it; and secondly, because I mean to take them for a model, and to content myself with saying of others we may come to, whose design and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I wish by this account of them, imperfect in its execution, but in its just intention, honest, I could hope to convey to my readers one-hundredth part of the gratification, the sights I have described, afforded me. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] assemblage of his hearers, and pictured the wonder of the church at their presumption in forming a congregation among themselves, he stopped short with his Bible under his arm in the manner I have described, and pursued his discourse after this manner: (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I made acquaintance with an American railroad, on this occasion, for the first time. As these works are pretty much alike all through the States, their general characteristics are easily described. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] their hospital, or boarding-house for the sick: it is the best house in those parts, and was built by an eminent merchant for his own residence. Like that institution at Boston, which I have before described, it is not parcelled out into wards, but is divided into convenient chambers, each of which has all the comforts of a very comfortable home. The principal medical attendant resides under the same [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)

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