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describes

VERB

explain in speech, writing

Synonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms

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conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

Example Sentences

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While Petrie-Norris describes herself as more politically moderate than Porter, the Irvine assemblywoman praised her as a “pragmatic problem-solver” and “proven fighter” who has taken on corporate interests and the Trump administration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

A 2025 patent application from UCR describes the use of pinenes to improve localized insecticide injections against western drywood termites.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Museum describes the program as a coordinated effort to strip communities of cultural identity while redistributing art through state and black-market channels.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

The author poignantly describes Hepburn’s disappointment with a failed reconciliation with the father who deserted her when she was 6 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Variation describes its present: Why do they look like this now?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee