describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call characterize chronicle construe define depict detail express illustrate interpret label name outline portray recount report represent specify tell term

STRONG

communicate delineate distinguish draw elucidate epitomize exemplify explicate expound illuminate image impart limn narrate paint particularize picture recite rehearse relate sketch state trace transmit

WEAK

convey image make apparent make clear make sense of make vivid mark out write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

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describes

Chen describes Taiwanese research efforts as an expression of political will to safeguard Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Teng also describes how the hackers used "a self-destruct mechanism that destroyed tooling and traces as they went, making it more difficult for us to trace and investigate".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

One particularly puzzling clue involved changes in the stars' radial velocity, which describes how quickly an object moves toward or away from Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

That prediction describes the conventional process involving a single electron.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Charles’ law describes the relationship of the volume of a gas to its temperature.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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