to delineate
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6.8
- verb
- /dɪˈlɪniˌeɪt/
- Formal
:
delinear
- Please delineate your plan in detail so we can understand your approach.
- delineate clearly
- attempt to delineate
- delineate carefully
So we can we can delineate some protocols.
- So we can we can delineate some protocols.
- So do you delineate between advanced cognition and consciousness?
- Yeah, I think the the first thing to delineate is knowledge and skill are two completely different things.
- They are using that information to sort of delineate what content should we go for, what content should we avoid.
- If we want to actually know who we are and what life is, then it is delineating the path, the difference between what is US and what isn't us.
- And that comes from delineating this idea of this set menu of sex, which means the hard penis has to be part of it.
- The lines clustering around the colorless verb delineating wish to render the actual and natural and sorry in naked objective words, in austere lines.
Examples
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J.J. and I were trying to delineate our search protocols.
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There are defining moments in the history of every nation, moments which delineate our strengths and our character.
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Yeah, I think the the first thing to delineate is knowledge and skill are two completely different things.
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What is the precision where you delineate where the sound will play?
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I'm not a good enough writer... to delineate how I really feel.
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The team's primary mission should be to consider procedures for assessment and to delineate areas to be assessed.
Academic text (1999) -
People need to delineate investing in stocks from investing in Wall Street.
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So do you delineate between advanced cognition and consciousness?
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Article 55-75 goes into detail to explain and delineate the purpose of the EEZ.
Academic text (2017) -
Here we outline the challenges inherent in eliminating injustice and delineate strategies to meet those challenges.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something clear by describing it in simple words
∞
1.0
To use words to show what a person or thing is like
878
1.0
To say exactly what something is or what it means
207
3.2
To explain something clearly and in detail
118
3.5
To give clear, exact details about something
105
3.1
To describe something by giving many small facts
79
3.5
To explain something clearly and in detail
34
2.7
Say or write something so people have no doubt
20
7.3
Explain something in detail so people understand it
14
3.4
To explain something carefully and include all important points
11
6.8
To explain something so it is easy to understand
3
7.4
To explain something clearly in detail
1
7.8
To give specific details about a person or thing
Antonyms
How Clear
- Formal
5
6.8
- Formal
11
6.8
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
delineate = de + line + ate
Learners may notice a connection to 'line', but the sense 'describe or explain clearly and precisely' is a metaphorical extension that is not directly derivable from the visible parts.
Etymology
Delineate comes from Latin parts de- and linea, where linea means 'line' and is the same root as the English word line. A helpful image is to 'draw a line' around an idea to show its parts, so to delineate something is to describe it clearly and in detail.