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beschreiben — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depict verb To show or represent something through a picture, description, or performance.
  • describe verb To put something into words, giving an account of what it is like.
  • indite verb To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.
  • write verb To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface in order to record or communicate information.

Senses

beschreiben is used for these senses in English:

  • blazon (transitive) To describe a coat of arms.
  • depict To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]
  • indite (transitive) To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.
  • write (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.

describe — full definition

  1. verb To put something into words, giving an account of what it is like.
  2. verb To trace or form a particular shape, especially in geometry.

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