MEANING
To describe something again or in different terms.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- redescribe an event
- redescribe a relation
On the page
The analysis redescribed the event as a negotiation rather than a unilateral decision.
The relation was redescribed without changing the observations.
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Word forms
- Base
- redescribe
- Past tense
- redescribed
- Past participle
- redescribed
- Present participle
- redescribing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- redescribe
- Present continuous
- am/is/are redescribing
- Present perfect
- have/has redescribed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been redescribing
- Past
- redescribed
- Past continuous
- was/were redescribing
- Past perfect
- had redescribed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been redescribing
- Future
- will redescribe
- Future continuous
- will be redescribing
- Future perfect
- will have redescribed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been redescribing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: redescribe; redescribes; redescribed; redescribed; redescribing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: redescribes.
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