described
di-SKRYBD/dɪˈskɹaɪbd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of describe.
The witness described the suspect in careful detail.
The new species was first described by a team of biologists in 1998.
Note
One spelling does double duty: the plain past (she described the room) and the participle that follows have or be. The participle carries the specialist uses. In biology a species is described by whoever first sets out how it differs from its relatives. In geometry a curve is described by a moving point. Both usually appear in the passive, with by naming the maker or the cause.
described is a form of describe
describe, verb: To represent a person, thing, or event in words; to give an account of what it is like. Full entry
- Forms
- describedescribes he/she/itdescribing -ing formdescribed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- describe → described: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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