Dictionary Entry
delineated
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/dee-lin-ee-ey-tid/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.78)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
In a Sentence
“The artist carefully delineated the main features of the landscape in her sketch.”
Published Usage Examples
“Just to let ya'll know, I saw in an interview with one of the comic's writers that that they deliberately delineated from the original story because they thought it would be more fun to show on screen and easier to ingest.”
“And speaking of science, the story uses a fair amount of real, present-day science which is delineated from the fictional in an enlightening afterward.”
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Origin
From Latin 'delineare' meaning 'to draw a line'.
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Poetry examples for “delineated”
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