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Definition of Delineate
1. Verb. Show the form or outline of. "The camera could define the smallest object"
Generic synonyms: Show
Derivative terms: Defining, Definition, Delineation, Delineation, Delineative
2. Adjective. Represented accurately or precisely.
Similar to: Depicted, Pictured, Portrayed, Described, Diagrammatic, Diagrammatical
Antonyms: Undelineated
3. Verb. Determine the essential quality of.
Specialized synonyms: Determine, Redefine
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Delineation
4. Verb. Trace the shape of.
Specialized synonyms: Lipstick, Contour
Generic synonyms: Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation, Delineation, Delineative, Outline
5. Verb. Make a mark or lines on a surface. "Trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Generic synonyms: Mark
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Inscribe, Circumscribe, Circumscribe, Write
Related verbs: Draw, Draw
Derivative terms: Delineation, Delineation, Drawing, Line, Lineation, Lineation, Trace, Tracer, Tracing
6. Verb. Describe in vivid detail.
Definition of Delineate
1. a. Delineated; portrayed.
2. v. t. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
Definition of Delineate
1. Verb. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline. ¹
2. Verb. To depict, represent with pictures. ¹
3. Verb. To describe or depict with words or gestures. ¹
4. Verb. To outline or mark out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delineate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delineate
Literary usage of Delineate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"trick (3), to delineate a coat of arms. (Du.) Du. trekken. to draw, also to
delineate, trick, or sketch out. Tract (i) and (2), Tractable ; see Trace (i). ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"represent, symbolize, present, show, delineate. 4. Referring to the conveying of
an idea by words, actions, etc.: spec, state, emit, manifest, tell, frame, ..."
3. A sketch of the denominations of the Christian world by John Evans (1811)
"But before we delineate the tenets of the several parties, the Atheists and Deists
shall be just men. tioned, two descriptions of persons frequently con. ..."
4. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"... piece—Joseph and Potiphar's wife—Attempt to delineate Jehovah—Environs of London.
ILLUMINATION WITH GAS. I had been with a companion into Hyde Park, ..."
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