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

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

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conceal confuse distort hide ignore listen misunderstand suppress

STRONG

cloud complicate keep mystify obscure take

WEAK

misrepresent mix up

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describes

Near the end of the book, Biden describes Trump’s “fawning” meeting with him in the Oval Office after the 2024 election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Ulrich Höfer, a collaborator on the project and a pioneer in ultrafast electron spectroscopy, describes the excitement of witnessing the effect firsthand.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Westminster jargon often describes earnest sets of recommendations published in reports like this as "wide-ranging".

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

He describes Endeavour as “the most complicated thing humans have ever built,” hoping to spark interest in math and engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

When Newton performed his experiment in 1666 it was probably deliberately designed to produce the elongated spectrum, an effect he describes as if were a complete surprise.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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