adj
Meaning 1
Delineated, sketched out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
delineate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 L IH1 N IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To depict, represent with pictures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To outline or mark out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adjective
Meaning 7
represented accurately or precisely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: delineated, represented
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
describe in vivid detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: describe, depict, draw
verb
Meaning 9
make a mark or lines on a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trace, draw, line, describe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mark
Narrower terms: construct, inscribe, circumscribe, write
verb
Meaning 10
trace the shape of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: limn, outline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: draw
Narrower terms: lipstick, contour
verb
Meaning 11
determine the essential quality of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: specify, define, delimit, delimitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: determine, redefine
verb
Meaning 12
show the form or outline of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The tree was clearly defined by the light
- The camera could define the smallest object
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: define
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
History
Etymology
First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: очертавам (očertavam) — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Catalan: delinear — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Dutch: afbakenen — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Finnish: hahmotella — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- French: délinéer — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- German: umreißen — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Italian: delineare — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Portuguese: delinear — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Romanian: schița — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Romanian: contura — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Spanish: delinear — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Swedish: skissera — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) — sketch out, draw or trace an outline
- Bulgarian: скицирам (skiciram) — depict, represent with pictures
- Catalan: traçar — depict, represent with pictures
- Finnish: kuvata — depict, represent with pictures
- German: skizzieren — depict, represent with pictures
- Irish: dreach — depict, represent with pictures
- Turkish: resmetmek — depict, represent with pictures
- Bulgarian: обрисувам (obrisuvam) — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Catalan: descriure — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Dutch: uiteenzetten — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Dutch: schilderen — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Finnish: kuvailla — describe or depict with words or gestures
- French: décrire — describe or depict with words or gestures
- German: schildern — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Irish: ríomh — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Turkish: betimlemek — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Turkish: tasvir etmek — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Turkish: tarif etmek — describe or depict with words or gestures
- Finnish: rajata — outline or mark out
- German: abgrenzen — outline or mark out