delineate
/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/
delineate verb: to sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
Verb
delineate (third-person singular simple present delineates, present participle delineating, simple past and past participle delineated)
Adjective
delineate (comparative more delineate, superlative most delineate)
- Delineated, sketched out.
- That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare1619, John Bainbridge, An astronomicall description of the late comet from the 18. of Nouemb. 1618. to the 16. of December following
- Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.
- ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage.1596, [attributed to William Shakespeare; Thomas Kyd], The Raigne of King Edward the Third: […], London: […] [T. Scarlet] for Cuthbert Burby, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
delineate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
delineate in Tamil
- உருவப்படம் எழுது, வரைந்து விளக்கு, விரித்துரை
delineate in Urdu
- بیان کرنا, نقشہ کھینچنا
delineate in Bengali
- চিত্রিত করা, বিশদভাবে বর্ণনা করা, সীমানা নির্ধারণ করা
delineate in Malayalam
- describe, set forth, set out
- രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുക, കൃത്യമായി വർണ്ണിക്കുക, വിവരിക്കുക, രേഖകൾകൊണ്ട് അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുക, വരയ്ക്കുക, ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക
- outline, trace, block in
- രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുക, ബാഹ്യരേഖ വരയ്ക്കുക, ബാഹ്യരേഖ ഇടുക, അതിർവരയ്ക്കുക, അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുക, അതിർ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുക
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- delineate in Kannada
- ರೇಖಿಸು, ಚಿತ್ರಿಸು, ರೂಪಿಸು, ನಿರೂಪಿಸು
- delineate in Odia
- ଆଙ୍କିବା āṅkibā
- delineate in Sanskrit
- उल्लिखति ullikhati
Examples of delineate in a sentence
- These definitions delineate the main features of autotrophism versus heterotrophism but some supplementary points are instructive.
- Katharina Dalton used it to describe the same symptoms delineated by Dr.
- The specific functions of each animatrice are delineated in the projects in the report.
Synonyms of delineate
Forms of delineate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | delineates |
| present participle | delineating |
| past participle | delineated |
| past | delineated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more delineate |
| superlative | most delineate |
Origin of delineate
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.
Words formed from delineate
Questions about delineate
- What does delineate mean?
- Delineate means to sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
- What is delineate in Tamil?
- Delineate in Tamil is உருவப்படம் எழுது, வரைந்து விளக்கு, விரித்துரை. See Delineate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is delineate?
- Delineate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce delineate?
- Delineate is pronounced /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of delineate?
- The past tense of delineate is delineated.
Words near delineate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: delineate (page history and authors); delineate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delineate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delineate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delineate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); delineate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଆଙ୍କିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); उल्लिखति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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