delineate

Speech parts

1. delineate - Adjective

2. delineate - Verb

Meaning

Delineated; portrayed.

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.

To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

delimit line describe define draw trace specify outline demarcate limn delimitate represented mark design present
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Antonyms

ravel color block cloud hide imply
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Hypernyms

mark show describe draw depict be

Hyponyms

write determine construct contour inscribe redefine

Phrases with the word

to delineate

Derivatives

delineated delineating

Examples

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal. Rick Warren

Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them over and over to yourself. Maxwell Maltz

It is surely more important to discover what he [Valmiki] had in mind when he wrote the work [Ramayana] and how he intended his readers to study and interpret it. From this standpoint, there is hardly any doubt that his intention was to delineate Rama as an avatar. Valmiki

The tree was clearly defined by the light Source: Internet

The camera could define the smallest object Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

delineament delinearization delinearize delineated delineation delineative