- present tense form of describe (3rd person singular).
describes
Example Sentences
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Nvidia describes its hardware as an investment with the “lowest token cost, highest revenue and longest life.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Flores describes “Ritchie Forever” as a “multimedia experience, going back in time with sound and immersing in the history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It describes the expansion history of the universe, the appearance of background radiation, the BAO feature, the growth of galaxies, the development of large-scale cosmic structure, and much more.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Winthrop made little headway, but Phips—an adventurer whom Mr. Marquis describes as “one of the more colorful and rascally figures of the era”—reached his objective, the city of Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
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