delineate

Meaning

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.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Delineated, sketched out.
2. (obsolete) Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.

Synonyms

draw

describe

outline

depict

portray

define

sketch

paint

limn

trace

delimit

line

design

write

✍️

represented

represent

express

picture

delimitate

show

delineated

specify

drawing

painting

🖼️

draft

narrate

narrow

narrow down

organize

pictured

pin down

profile

pull together

qualify

rough

score

score out

scratch out

set

shoot

silhouette

skeletonize

strike off

write off

block in

sketch out

draw lines

delete

to portray in words

adumbrate

Translations

delinear

delineare

delinear

disegnare

délimiter

entwerfen

zeichnen

schildern

umreißen

abbozzare

dibujar

definir

délinéer

décrire

resmetmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/

Etymology

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.