describes
Sayduh-SKRYBZ/dəˈskɹaɪbz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of describe.
The report describes the events leading up to the accident.
He describes his hometown as a quiet place beside the sea.
Note
Every meaning of describe travels with this -s form, including two technical ones. In geometry, a moving point describes a circle when its path traces one out. In biology, a scientist who describes a species formally introduces it, explaining its characteristics and how it differs from related taxa. The older sense of sorting things into classes is obsolete, so describes no longer means "classifies."
describes 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 → describes: add -s
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