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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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Last updated: June 26, 2024 • 2042 views

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.
  • 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.

  • 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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