delineate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēlīneātus, past participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”), from de- + līnea (“line”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/

Verb

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

Synonyms

• (to mark the limits or boundaries): demark, demarcate, delimit

Derived terms

• delineation
• delineative
• delineator

Translations

sketch out, draw or trace an outline

• Bulgarian: очертавам (bg) (očertavam)
• Dutch: afbakenen (nl)
• Finnish: hahmotella (fi)
• French: délinéer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: umreißen (de)
• Romanian: schița (ro), contura (ro)
• Spanish: delinear (es)
• Swedish: skissera (sv)

depict, represent with pictures

• Bulgarian: скицирам (bg) (skiciram)
• Finnish: kuvata (fi)
• German: skizzieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: dreach
• Turkish: resmetmek (tr)

describe or depict with words or gestures

• Bulgarian: обрисувам (bg) (obrisuvam)
• Dutch: uiteenzetten (nl), schilderen (nl)
• Finnish: kuvailla (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: décrire (fr)
• German: schildern (de)
• Turkish: betimlemek (tr), tasvir etmek (tr), tarif etmek (tr)

outline or mark out

• Finnish: rajata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: abgrenzen (de)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: aflijnen (nl), uittekenen (nl)
• French: délimiter (fr)
• Interlingua: delinear
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: delineare (it)
• Spanish: delinear (es)

Further reading

• “delineate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “delineate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Italian

Verb

delineate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delineare
2. second-person plural imperative of delineare
3. feminine plural of delineato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēlīneāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlīneō