- present tense form of describe (3rd person singular).
describes
Example Sentences
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The team describes the early findings as promising for a cancer that remains incurable, but the results are still preliminary and involve a relatively small group of patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
The category describes children who arrive in the United States without an adult, or whose parents were detained by immigration agents and are in shelters or government custody.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The company opened its first walk-up-only location in November near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, in what it describes as a test of the concept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I picture it as Anatole describes it: men and women in tiers of velvet skirts, walking noiselessly on a forest path.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
