(v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
(v. t.) To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
(v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
(v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
(2) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
(3) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
(4) The taxonomic relationship of strains H4-14 and 25a with previously described Xanthobacter strains was studied by numerical classification.
(5) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(6) The testing of other models and their failure to describe the kinetic observations are discussed.
(7) A group I subset (six animals), for which predominant cultivable microbiota was described, had a mean GI of 2.4.
(8) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(9) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
(10) This article describes a number of syndromes affecting the nail unit.
(11) King also described how representatives of every country at this month's G7 meeting in Canada seemed to be relying on an export-led recovery to revive their economies.
(12) Some commentators have described his ship, now facing more delays after a decade in development, as little more than a Heath Robinson machine.
(13) The small units described here could be inhibitory interneurons which convert the excitatory response of large units into inhibition.
(14) A disease in an IgD (lambda) plasmocytoma is described, where after therapy with Alkeran and prednisone a disappearance of all clinical and laboratory findings indicating an activity could be observed.
(15) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
(16) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
(17) Each profile is described by a simple sequence of band transitions (BT-sequence).
(18) After a discussion of the therapeutic relationship, several coping strategies which have been used successfully by many women are described and therapeutic applications are offered.
(19) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(20) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
Portray
Definition:
(v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.
(v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
(v. t.) To adorn with pictures.
Example Sentences:
(1) Her success has not been universally welcomed - anonymous colleagues are occasionally quoted in the media portraying her as "ambitious" and "bossy".
(2) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
(3) There has been a tendency to portray Russians as aggressively imperialistic at heart, a homogeneous bloc thirsty for military adventures.
(4) North Korea has produced tons of propaganda films that portray America’s destruction.
(5) To which Salim replies: “But you do.” When such intimacy between two men can be broadcast to an audience of millions, we are shown that the ways of portraying gay sex can be reframed.
(6) Mulholland and others have tried to portray the Leeds case in terms of right or wrong.
(7) I think a long time ago television passed up movies in terms of a reasonable and balanced portrayal of gay characters.
(8) Or perhaps the "mad cow"-fuelled beef war in the late 1990s, when France maintained its ban on British beef for three long years after the rest of the EU had lifted it, prompting the Sun to publish a special edition in French portraying then president Jacques Chirac as a worm.
(9) Six major Saudi-led coalition attacks in Yemen in 2016 – timeline Read more Asked by the Guardian about the figures during a visit to London, the Saudi foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir, portrayed the Saudi air force as professional and armed with precision weapons.
(10) It is postulated that the cartoon serves to stabilize the more mutable portrayals of psychiatrists in other media.
(11) As Bradford University professor Paul Rogers told Jones, the bombing of Mali "will be portrayed as 'one more example of an assault on Islam'".
(12) The device reported in detail connects the subarachnoid space to an on-line data reducer that calculates the percentage time the intracranial pressure is in 16 pressure ranges of 5 mmHg each and portrays it on a histogram.
(13) Although the extra capital investment in schools is being portrayed as a reward for Gove for controlling his departmental budget, the government has little choice but to offer more cash due to the growing shortage of school places in the south-east caused by immigration and the baby boom.
(14) 3.46am BST Here's the instant response from Ewen MacAskill , at the scene of the debate-crime: Barack Obama staged a strong comeback in his second showdown with Mitt Romney, with the president describing his Republican opponent as "offensive" in suggesting he was playing politics over Benghazi and portraying him as more extreme than George W Bush on social issues such as women's rights.
(15) But if there's a piece you particularly enjoyed, or found interesting or useful, please add a comment below or tweet us: @GdnSocialCare At the start of the year, the BBC screened fly-on-the-wall documentary series Protecting Our Children , an authentic portrayal of the difficult decisions and situations social workers face every day.
(16) But he thinks the issue of parenting is more nuanced than the government has portrayed it.
(17) A new advert from department store BHS has prompted debate over the way it portrays working women.
(18) Following the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Hoax of Hollywood conference in Tehran this week, it has been reported that Iran may "sue Hollywood" over what it considers to be unrealistic portrayals of the country in several films.
(19) Further success for the small Covent Garden theatre came when rising star Eddie Redmayne won best supporting actor for his portrayal of Mark Rothko's put-upon assistant in Red.
(20) The two reformists Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have sought to portray themselves as the true heirs of the Islamic revolution's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, but this tactic has since worn thin and Khomeini's successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped up his drive to paint Mousavi and Karroubi as western-run heretics.