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Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Meaning of "delineate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELINEATE

From Latin dēlīneāre to sketch out, from līnealine1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELINEATE

delineate  [dɪˈlɪnɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELINEATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delineate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb delineate in English.

WHAT DOES DELINEATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Outline

Outline may refer to: ▪ Outline, a note-taking application for iOS and OS X. ▪ Outline drawing, a sketch depicting the outer edges of a person or object, without interior details or shading. ▪ Outline, a document summary, in hierarchical list format. A type of tree structure. ▪ Outline typeface, in typography ▪ Outline, the representation of a word in shorthand ▪ The Outline, an experimental band from Los Angeles, CA...

Definition of delineate in the English dictionary

The first definition of delineate in the dictionary is to trace the shape or outline of; sketch. Other definition of delineate is to represent pictorially, as by making a chart or diagram; depict. Delineate is also to portray in words, esp with detail and precision; describe.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DELINEATE

PRESENT

Present
I delineate
you delineate
he/she/it delineates
we delineate
you delineate
they delineate
Present continuous
I am delineating
you are delineating
he/she/it is delineating
we are delineating
you are delineating
they are delineating
Present perfect
I have delineated
you have delineated
he/she/it has delineated
we have delineated
you have delineated
they have delineated
Present perfect continuous
I have been delineating
you have been delineating
he/she/it has been delineating
we have been delineating
you have been delineating
they have been delineating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I delineated
you delineated
he/she/it delineated
we delineated
you delineated
they delineated
Past continuous
I was delineating
you were delineating
he/she/it was delineating
we were delineating
you were delineating
they were delineating
Past perfect
I had delineated
you had delineated
he/she/it had delineated
we had delineated
you had delineated
they had delineated
Past perfect continuous
I had been delineating
you had been delineating
he/she/it had been delineating
we had been delineating
you had been delineating
they had been delineating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will delineate
you will delineate
he/she/it will delineate
we will delineate
you will delineate
they will delineate
Future continuous
I will be delineating
you will be delineating
he/she/it will be delineating
we will be delineating
you will be delineating
they will be delineating
Future perfect
I will have delineated
you will have delineated
he/she/it will have delineated
we will have delineated
you will have delineated
they will have delineated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been delineating
you will have been delineating
he/she/it will have been delineating
we will have been delineating
you will have been delineating
they will have been delineating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would delineate
you would delineate
he/she/it would delineate
we would delineate
you would delineate
they would delineate
Conditional continuous
I would be delineating
you would be delineating
he/she/it would be delineating
we would be delineating
you would be delineating
they would be delineating
Conditional perfect
I would have delineate
you would have delineate
he/she/it would have delineate
we would have delineate
you would have delineate
they would have delineate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been delineating
you would have been delineating
he/she/it would have been delineating
we would have been delineating
you would have been delineating
they would have been delineating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you delineate
we let´s delineate
you delineate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to delineate
Past participle
delineated
Present Participle
delineating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELINEATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
alleviate
əˈliːvɪˌeɪt
ammoniate
əˈməʊnɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
arseniate
ɑːˈsiːnɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
calumniate
kəˈlʌmnɪˌeɪt
differentiate
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪˌeɪt
herniate
ˈhɜːnɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
initiate
ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt
interlineate
ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪˌeɪt
laciniate
ləˈsɪnɪˌeɪt
mediate
ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt
miniate
ˈmɪnɪˌeɪt
negotiate
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt
officiate
əˈfɪʃɪˌeɪt
recreate
ˈrɛkrɪˌeɪt
somniate
ˈsɒmnɪˌeɪt
taeniate
ˈtiːnɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELINEATE

delightless
delightsome
Delilah
delime
delimit
delimitate
delimitation
delimitative
delimiter
delineable
delineation
delineative
delineator
delineavit
delinquencies
delinquency
delinquent
delinquently
deliquesce
deliquescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELINEATE

aureate
baccalaureate
chalybeate
cocreate
concreate
create
cuneate
ideate
laureate
lineate
linoleate
maleate
nucleate
oleate
permeate
poet laureate
procreate
re-create
reate
trilineate

Synonyms and antonyms of delineate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELINEATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delineate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of delineate

Translation of «delineate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELINEATE

Find out the translation of delineate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delineate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delineate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

划定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delinear
570 millions of speakers

English

delineate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चित्रित करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترسيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

очертить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delinear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ণা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tracer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nyatakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beschreiben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

輪郭を描く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윤곽을 그리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Delineate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

miêu tả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சித்தரித்துக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चित्र रेखाटणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

betimlemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

delineare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nakreślić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

окреслити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

delimita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οριοθετηθούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

delineate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avgrense
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delineate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINEATE»

The term «delineate» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINEATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delineate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delineate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delineate

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QUOTES WITH «DELINEATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delineate.
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Thomas Jefferson
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELINEATE»

Discover the use of delineate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delineate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Attempt to Delineate the Characteristic Structure of ...
AN ATTEMPT TO DELINEATE THE CHARACTERISTIC STRUCTURE OF CLASSICAL (BIBLICAL) HEBREW POETRY by DONALD BROADRIBB Presented for the Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne June 30, 1964 (Reprinted 1995, 1999) ...
Donald Broadribb, 1995
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Continental Intraplate Earthquakes: Science, Hazard, and ...
Does. seismicity. delineate. zones. where. future. large. earthquakes. are. likely. to. occur. in. intraplate. environments? Alan L. Kafka Weston Observatory, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, Weston, Massachusetts ...
Seth Stein, Stéphane Mazzotti, 2007
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In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes
... survey Maybe* Rarely Minimally invasive screening tool to help delineate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in vadose zone; [N,C,O] Surface geophysical methods Yes Yes Noninvasive surveys to help delineate stratigraphy, buried waste, ...
Hans F. Stroo, C. Herb Ward, 2010
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The New Hampshire Watershed Tool: A Geographic Information ...
... unregulated to ensure results from the Tool are valid. The “Delineate with Flow Direction Grid” tool functions similarly to the “Low-Flow Estimator” and “Ground- Water Recharge-Rate Estimator” tool, but with several important differences. First  ...
Scott A. Olson
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of ...
States may also delineate other sensitive ground water areas by January 1, 2004 . Existing motor vehicle waste disposal well owners and operators within other sensitive ground water areas have until January 1, 2007 to receive a permit or ...
‎2009
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Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Management: Proceedings of the ...
2) Use a hierarchical approach, like a photo interpreter, to delineate vegetation into homogeneous, stand like groupings. 3) Develop scanning algorithms that can deal with the diversity of the vegetation in a logical way, and as a part of this  ...
Jerry D. Greer, 1998
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Reality in Expert Systems,” Library Software Rev., Mar. 1991, at 162. Language- Change Index ✳delimitate for delimit: Stage 1 delineate (lit., “to draw or sketch”) means figuratively “to represent in words; to describe.” It is sometimes misused for ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Hydrogeology and simulated groundwater flow in the Salt Pond ...
Two methods have been used in the past to delineate the watersheds to the salt ponds. The first was to delineate the areas that contribute ground-water recharge to the ponds on the basis of the ground-water-flow directions drawn from the ...
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Attention Is Cognitive Unison : An Essay in Philosophical ...
No taxonomy that classifies events by process is adequate to the task of delineating the set of instances of haste, but if we were using a taxonomy that classifies events by their manner of occurrence then we could delineate the instances of ...
Vancouver Christopher Mole Assistant Professor in Philosophy University of British Columbia, 2010
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Ethics Codes, Corporations, and the Challenge of Globalization
One of the most common authorization tactics is to delineate a distinctive domain within which an authority purports to be authoritative. The notion of sovereignty was consolidated in the early modern period to delineate the territorial domain ...
Wesley Cragg

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELINEATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delineate is used in the context of the following news items.
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autoban's duck + rice restaurant integrates abstracted geometric …
abstracted geometric patterns are integrated throughout the design, from the glazed façade to the metal screen dividers, which delineate the ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
2
Afternoon Bulletin: Cash Bail to End for 3000 Awaiting Trial, Man O …
... instruct on, delineate, or provide guidelines for Police Officer communication and interaction with people with developmental disabilities and ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
3
Int'l opinion against China buildup in disputed sea
... forced China to further delineate its views on the South China Sea,” Felix Chang of the Foreign Policy Institute wrote in a commentary on Dec. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
4
Rays at Royals: Rays drop night cap of doubleheader to KC
The numbers don't necessarily delineate a huge margin between the two pitchers, but their usage draws up the question: Why leave Colome in ... «DRaysBay, Jul 15»
5
Perceived stress linked to symptoms, not inflammation in IBD
“The primary purpose behind the study was to delineate the relationship between a patients' perceived level of stress, the burden of ... «Healio, Jul 15»
6
The Quakers Join the World's Longest Living Hatred
“You can still delineate the basic shapes, even if you use only three colors.” Our Quaker respondent for the evening seemed an almost tearfully ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
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NYPD Officers Beat Autistic Teen in Front of His Home, Lawsuit Says
... training and rules, including those in the NYPD Patrol Guide, do not account for, instruct on, delineate, or provide guidelines for Police Officer ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
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DDMA approves disaster plans to tackle calamities in Delhi
"The plans delineate the roles and functions of different government agencies in both pre-disasters and post-disasters phase. The timelines ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
Speeding Up the Internet
An application that needs to send individual requests or data records must add its own internal markers to delineate the requests or records. «No Jitter, Jul 15»
10
NAIOP focus on government actions that affect CRE industry
“We are currently working on a map to delineate our jurisdiction – and it's going well,” she said. She noted that the Commission has refined its ... «Real Estate Weekly, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Delineate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/delineate>. Apr 2024 ».
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