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delineate

verb

de·​lin·​eate di-ˈli-nē-ˌāt How to pronounce delineate (audio)
dē-
delineated; delineating

transitive verb

1
: to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
delineate a character in the story
delineate the steps to be taken by the government
2
a
: to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines
b
: to mark the outline of
lights delineating the narrow streets
delineator
di-ˈli-nē-ˌā-tər How to pronounce delineate (audio)
dē-
noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

He plants his skates millimeters outside the blue-tinted 44-square-foot arena that delineates the crease and refuses to budge … Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated, 21 May 2007 Screenwriter Christopher Hampton introduces a large gallery of characters, subtly delineating the unspoken class biases that will keep Robbie, for all his confidence, charm and Cambridge education, an outsider. David Ansen, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2007 So Madrid finally ordered Onís to cut the best deal he could. The resulting Transcontinental (or Adams-Onís) Treaty of 1819 ceded Florida to the United States and delineated the boundary between American and Spanish territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean … Walter A. McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State, 1997 Privacy plays a unique role in American law. Although considered a core value by most citizens, it is not explicitly delineated as a protected right by the U.S. Constitution. Edward A. Cavazos et al., Cyberspace and the Law, 1994 The report clearly delineates the steps that must be taken. The characters in the story were carefully delineated. See More
Recent Examples on the Web The criteria that delineate Earth’s biggest organisms aren’t terribly scientific. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022 But in trying to delineate between the comforts of friendship and the fire of romance, the series ends up doing a far better job of selling the former than the latter. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2022 There are certainly synergies between product management and product marketing, which is why both of these teams report to me, but there are also differences that are important to understand to clearly delineate between the roles. Michelle Bank, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 The challenge for black-hole cinema will be to delineate the underlying structure of the black hole from the matter that is moving around in it. New York Times, 12 May 2022 The unfortunate truth is the decisions that leaders make about promotions and performance are clouded by human bias and the complexity of not being able to delineate individual performance from team performance. Tony Gambill, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 Émigrés have always exerted influence over their homelands, of course, but Nganang takes pains to delineate how these connections are maintained. Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 The numbers themselves were written and performed to delineate key turning points in Giuliani’s life and career. Brent Lang, Variety, 9 June 2022 Americans’ conceptions of crisis were well-enough aligned to delineate the country’s first five peaks, which all fell within about an order of magnitude of one another—a range small enough to assess on the screen of a smartphone. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, past participle of dēlīneāre "to trace the outline of," from dē- de- + līneāre "to make straight, mark with lines," derivative of līnea "string, cord, line entry 1"

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of delineate was in 1559

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