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delineations

delineations is the plural of delineation.

Meaning of delineation

Noun

delineation (countable and uncountable, plural delineations)

  1. The act of delineating; depiction.
  2. An image of the outline of an object.
  3. A graphic verbal description.
    • After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 190

Questions about delineations

What is delineations the plural of?
Delineations is the plural of delineation.

Words near delineations in the dictionary

  1. delineate
  2. delineated
  3. delineates
  4. delineating
  5. delineation
  6. delineations
  7. delineative
  8. delineator
  9. delineators
  10. delineatory
  11. delineature

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