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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
describe
see also STORY, INFORM - to say what sb/sth is like, or what has happened: describe sb/sth (as sth); noun (C/U): description Can you describe to me what happened? ◎ He was described as a young man in his early twenties. ◎ The police need a description of the thief. - a description of sth that happened: account (of sth), report (of/on sth); verb: report (on) sth We have asked for a full report on this incident. ◎ Give me an account of what happened. - providing a description: descriptive a piece of descriptive writing - a small fact or piece of information: detail; the details of a description: detail (noun U) Make sure you tell them all the details. ◎ an artist who pays great attention to detail - including all the details: in detail I'd like you to describe the meeting in detail. - to describe sth in detail: go* into detail(s) I'm afraid I haven't got time to go into detail(s) now. - an important or noticeable part of sth: feature An unusual feature of this house is its pair of beautiful curved staircases. - a quality that is typical of sb/sth: characteristic; adjective: characteristic (adverb characteristically), typical (adverb typically) It's a well-known characteristic of chameleons that they can change their colour. ※ typical TYPE - including a lot of detail: detailed a detailed description of the house - containing a lot of facts: factual a factual account of the event - containing a lot of ideas from the imagination of the speaker or writer: imaginative imaginative writing - including a lot of interesting details: colourful, vivid a colourful description of life in the army ◎ a vivid description of the scene - something that cannot easily be described is beyond description, indescribable (adverb indescribably) beautiful beyond description ◎ living in indescribable conditions ◎ indescribably ugly
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