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