delineate
Other forms: delineated; delineating; delineates
Though you pronounce it duh-LIN-ee-ate, there is a "line" in the middle of delineate. This might help you remember that to delineate is to outline and define something in detail or with an actual marking of lines and boundaries.
When you create an outline for a paper it usually summarizes what you will detail later. You delineate the sections, or mark the heading lines, and when you write the details, you delineate the subject of each heading. So, to delineate is both to mark lines and to fill in the lines. Using a fence to divide properties or a carpet to claim your side of the bedroom also is a way to delineate, or mark, physical boundaries.
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represented accurately or preciselysynonyms: delineated, representeddescribedrepresented in words especially with sharpness and detail
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show the form or outline of
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trace the shape of
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make a mark or lines on a surfacedrawengage in drawingdrawrepresent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surfacetypes:constructdraw with suitable instruments and under specified conditionsinscribedraw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possiblecircumscribedraw a line aroundcircumscribedraw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersectwritemark or trace on a surfacedotmake a dot or dotsstenographwrite in shorthandcalligraphwrite beautifully and ornamentallycrosstrace a line through or acrosssuperscribewrite on the outside or upper part ofsuperscribewrite on the top or outsidelettermark letters on or mark with lettersprintwrite as if with print; not cursivecopycopy down as istype of:markmake or leave a mark on
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determine the essential quality ofsynonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify
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describe in vivid detail
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