described

1. 1.

   represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

   “the vividly described wars”

   Similardelineated

Other forms of described

comparative

describedder·

superlative

describeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about described

What does described mean?

described means "represented in words especially with sharpness and detail".

How many syllables are in described?

described has 2 syllables: de-scribed. The stress falls on "scribed". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɹaɪbd/.

Is described a common word?

described is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with described?

7 words rhyme with described. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.