describe
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /dɪˈskraɪb/US /dɪˈskraɪb/
Meaning
verb
to say what somebody/something is like
“describe somebody/something, The next section describes our findings in detail.”
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“we work every day to make what we describe as video game better we want to give players what they want but at the same time we are intent on finding out”
📺 Satoru Iwata - Heart of a GamerLearn this word in the video →
“know some of the things I've described”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“The hands were those of our speaker, Jeff Bezos, a self-described nerdy commuter commu computer science and electrical engineering major who graduated from Princeton with highest honors in 1986.”
📺 Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton UniversityLearn this word in the video →
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