Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: describe

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

A 42-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following what police describe as a ‘domestic incident’ in Kilkeel on Friday.

Source: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-domestic-incident-4204306

According to Dementia Australia, the disease used to describe the loss of memory is the second leading cause of death of all Australians.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-12225469/Dementia-symptoms-Australia-Grandma-dementia-meets-two-grandkids-again.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

According to the NAEP, just one in three eighth grade students can describe the structure or function of government.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/05/31/frazier-lack-of-civic-education-spells-failure-for-future/

According to this data, about half of LGBT adults in California describe themselves as bisexual, similar to the rest of the US.

Source: https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2023/02/17/the-village-people-told-queer-america-to-go-west-and-2-7-million-lgbtq-did/

A CNN poll released Tuesday found that 76% of adults describe the economy as in poor shape, up from 71% who felt that way in March.

Source: https://krdo.com/money/cnn-business-consumer/2023/05/24/americans-outlook-on-retirement-darkens-to-an-11-year-low/

Additionally, almost all questions allow for respondents to click one or more box as well as an “other” option to more accurately describe their identity.

Source: https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/11/29/spring-2023-dei-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-2023-dei-report

AdXR was the third team to have the floor for their pitch, which they used to describe their product: an advertisement company for the newly extended reality world.

Source: http://fairfieldmirror.com/news/fairfield-annual-startup-showcase-gives-30000-in-seed-money-to-student-startups/

Afghanistan have been, to borrow the reference Morocco coach Walid Regrarui used to describe his team, the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket-world-cup/cricket-world-cup-their-semifinal-hopes-all-but-over-revelations-afghanistan-aim-to-bow-out-on-a-high-against-south-africa-9020826/

After he was placed under arrest, Wahlberg apparently used racial slurs to describe the two men, making “unsolicited racial statements about ‘gooks’ and ‘slant-eyed gooks.’

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellendurney/mark-wahlberg-backlash-after-presenting-at-sag-awards

A knifeman who admitted wounding his victim has lost his complaint over a weekly newspaper’s decision to describe the crime as “malicious”.

Source: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2023/news/weekly-justified-in-calling-jailed-knifeman-malicious-watchdog-rules/

All judges must comply with requirements of the Alaska Public Offices Commission and submit filings each year that describe in excruciating detail all sources of income to them and their family.

Source: https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/honored-to-have-been-judges-in-alaska-and-committed-to-a-fair-and-impartial-judiciary/

Almost cinematic outbursts describe the horror of the scene, contrasted with moments of profound luminescence from chorale-like strings that speak of unconditional love, forgiveness and transcendence.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/07/seven-last-words-of-christ-welsh-bangor-cathedral-alex-mills

Although it’s easier to describe Warren as having been removed or fired, he’s technically in a state of suspension that could be reversed — or made permanent — pending a hearing by the Florida Senate.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ron-desantis-is-about-to-run-for-president-andrew-warren-has-a-warning_uk_646a10d6e4b0ab2b97e825e8

Although it was not necessarily intended to describe the artists, the name stuck.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/arts/design/matisse-derain-fauvism-metropolitan-museum.html

Although many of their friends had chosen to put their savings into mortgages and/or businesses over the years, Davey and Sebova, who describe themselves as nomads, say they are "happy to spend it on travel and worry about that later."

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/travel-australians-travel-every-country-world-rachel-davey-martina-sebova/59064e40-9de8-4f85-a421-03ecbccbd751

Although we go to distant climes and we go to different countries, literally, they still exist within the parameters of what we describe as Land.

Source: https://collider.com/luther-the-fallen-sun-creator-neil-cross-jamie-payne-interview/

And if we're going to call them a star, how do we describe someone like Tina Turner, who has done everything to epitomise what a star should be about - with decades at the top, fighting back from horrendous personal hardship and more?

Source: https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/8219051/grumpy-old-man-everyone-wants-to-be-a-celebrity/?src=rss

And I know you guys have pushed out your $2 billion sort of target, but I just wanted to take a step-back and I think about like to your first billion, what -- how would you describe the trajectory to getting there and maybe timing?

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4630693-netapp-inc-ntap-q1-2024-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

And I think part of it was that Americans didn’t have the vocabulary to describe it.

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/kareem-abdul-jabbar-muhammad-ali-terrorism-plot-washington-dc-shahan-muftis-book.html?via=rss