described

Put into words

Described is the past tense of describe—to give an account of something in words, conveying its qualities or characteristics.

What someone described is what they depicted or characterized: She described the accident to police.

A person described as brilliant has been characterized that way by others.

The brochure described the hotel as luxurious.

visualized

illustrated

Shown with images

drawn · painted · mapped · charted · diagrammed · pictured · outlined · traced · modeled · delineated

communicated

explained

Made something understandable

narrated · recounted · relayed · reported · told · stated · related · presented · documented · chronicled

detailed

intricate

Elaborately detailed, many parts

meticulous · precise · exact · in-depth · nuanced · fine-grained · exhaustive · specific · minute · particularized

characterized

depiction

Representation in art

definition · summary · narrative · report · overview · synopsis · abstract · outline · annotation · commentary

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verbal articulation

describedundescribed

Not yet characterized

unmentioned · unstated · unexplained · unspoken · unsaid

clarity of depiction

describedconfused

Unable to understand

muddled · obscured · garbled · obfuscated · vague

mode of representation

describedshown

Made visible or apparent

illustrated · depicted · demonstrated · displayed · pictured

Phrases
Family

describe, describing, indescribable, describes, indescribably, describable, describer, undescribed, misdescribe

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