describe it vs describe about it

'Describe it' is correct, while 'describe about it' is incorrect. The preposition 'about' is unnecessary in this phrase.

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describe it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when asking someone to provide a description of something specific.

Examples:

Can you describe it for me?
Please describe it in detail.

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There's no words can describe it.
And I want you to try and describe it.
You, in fact, may describe it as electrifying.
We could describe it using modern computer terminology as a kind of read-write culture.
I can't really describe it, but...
I've never had to describe it before.
If I had to describe it I'd say Grant was pleased.
I can describe it to a composite artist.
There are other ways to describe it.
That's how you describe it; you look dead.
Not sure I've got the words to describe it.
Pictures in the paper cannot describe it at all.
I like to describe it as the magic trick moves.
The best way to describe it is, I share therefore I am.
I'll let the Doctor describe it.
It is customary in these situations for the developer of the plan to describe it.
"Reasonably" doesn't begin to describe it.
Humiliating doesn't even begin to describe it.
I would describe it as history.
You can't describe it with human words.

Alternatives:

explain it
detail it
depict it
elaborate on it
give a description of it

describe about it

This phrase is incorrect in English. The preposition 'about' is unnecessary and should be omitted.

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As far as internal investigation is concerned, the police feels how should I describe... displeased about it
Can you describe what it was about?
Then again, that describes just about every day for Sue.
A man who was able to describe almost nothing about his assailant.
He describes his film about thwarted love and the absurdity of the world .
So, you can't describe anything about them at all? No, I didn't get a look at either of them.
Angry doesn't begin to describe how I feel about you right now.
Nothing to do with the insidious scheme you're about to describe.
Madam President, reports about Kosovo describe the province as having become ghettoised.
And apart from a few very important loose ends, which you've heard about here - like dark energy and dark matter - this equation describes, seems to describe everything about the universe and what's in it.
How about I describe Fort Knox?
How about I describe Fort Knox?
Angry doesn't begin to describe how I feel about you right now.
Leela, I don't know if words can describe how I feel about you...
Now I have to find another word stronger than hate to describe how I feel about others.
This describes my sentiments too about the current crisis: I see growth and recovery in everything.
Together with quantum mechanics, the geometry of this shape could describe everything about how the universe works at the tiniest scales.
Mr President, with the Rothe report - at least with the interventionist aid system for renewable energy sources that it describes - we are about to make mistakes in energy policy, which will have a very serious impact on Europe in the long term.
Now I'll go ahead and describe how we know about these particles, what they are and how this balance works.
He thought it might be "harder to describe what is special about the EU" and he urged a reference to the "Community method", which "sets the EU apart from all international organisations", notably through the role of a directly elected parliament.

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