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Past tense of delineate

regular verb

The past tense of delineate is delineated. The past participle is also delineated.

Forms of delineate

Base form (V1)delineate /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/
Past tense (V2)delineated
Past participle (V3)delineated
Present participledelineating
Third person singulardelineates

Delineated in a sentence

  • Bellmark delineated the space and began to dig.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  • Katharina Dalton used it to describe the same symptoms delineated by Dr.2006, Kristen Brown, Nietzsche And Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism. From the entry premenstrual syndrome
  • The specific functions of each animatrice are delineated in the projects in the report.1980, African Women in Development, page iii. From the entry animatrice
  • One particularly difficult figure is the king's footholder, the problems with which have already been clearly delineated by McKenna.2018, Robin Chapman Stacey, Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales, page 146. From the entry footholder
  • The resected area is delineated by the black line and the unresected area by the black dashed line.2014, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry unresected

Meaning of delineate

  1. verb To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  2. verb To depict, represent with pictures.
  3. verb To describe or depict with words or gestures.

Full definition of delineate

Questions about the past tense of delineate

What is the past tense of delineate?
The past tense of delineate is delineated.
What is the past participle of delineate?
The past participle of delineate is delineated.
Is delineate a regular or irregular verb?
Delineate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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