delineate
verb /dɪˈlɪnieɪt/
/dɪˈlɪnieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they delineate | /dɪˈlɪnieɪt/ /dɪˈlɪnieɪt/ |
| he / she / it delineates | /dɪˈlɪnieɪts/ /dɪˈlɪnieɪts/ |
| past simple delineated | /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪd/ /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle delineated | /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪd/ /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form delineating | /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈlɪnieɪtɪŋ/ |
- delineate something to describe, draw or explain something in detail
- Our objectives need to be precisely delineated.
- The ship's route is clearly delineated on the map.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘trace the outline of something’): from Latin delineat- ‘outlined’, from the verb delineare, from de- ‘out, completely’ + lineare (from linea ‘line’).