Delineate
verb
Describe or show something precisely.
The report clearly delineates the steps to be taken.
Often appears as...
- delineate the boundaries
- delineate the parameters
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Mark the boundary of something.
The field was delineated with blue flags.
Often appears as...
- delineate the border
- delineate the edges
verb
Describe or show something precisely.
The report clearly delineates the steps to be taken.
Often appears as...
- delineate the boundaries
- delineate the parameters
Usage tips
Academic
verb
Mark the boundary of something.
The field was delineated with blue flags.
Often appears as...
- delineate the border
- delineate the edges
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Precision Required
Used when details must be accurate or methodical, often in academic or technical contexts.
The architect outlined plans to delineate the new city plaza's dimensions.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Processes
Helpful for explaining steps in a process or stages in a plan.
The instructions delineate how to assemble the bookshelf section by section.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Vagueness
Acts as a cue that vague descriptions aren’t enough.
The teacher asked the student to delineate the reasons for the experiment's results.
Pro Tip 1/3Precision Required
Used when details must be accurate or methodical, often in academic or technical contexts.
The architect outlined plans to delineate the new city plaza's dimensions.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Processes
Helpful for explaining steps in a process or stages in a plan.
The instructions delineate how to assemble the bookshelf section by section.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Vagueness
Acts as a cue that vague descriptions aren’t enough.
The teacher asked the student to delineate the reasons for the experiment's results.
Pro Tip 1/3Precision Required
Used when details must be accurate or methodical, often in academic or technical contexts.
The architect outlined plans to delineate the new city plaza's dimensions.
Pro Tip 2/3Clarify Processes
Helpful for explaining steps in a process or stages in a plan.
The instructions delineate how to assemble the bookshelf section by section.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Vagueness
Acts as a cue that vague descriptions aren’t enough.
The teacher asked the student to delineate the reasons for the experiment's results.
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Wade Davis: The...
he meant clinging to the illusion that life is static and predictable. The third noble truth said that ignorance can be overcome. And the fourth and most important, of course, was the delineation of a contemplative practice that not only had the possibility of a transformation of the human heart,
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3 steps to stop remote...
The key is to be intentional. It could be music or lighting, a pep talk with a friend. You could take a walk around the block at a certain time of day or even a breathing or stretching routine before you sit -- whatever it takes for you to delineate the transition between work and home.
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Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
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Now it's Dad's Turn PIPE...
Celsius and visibility close to zero the divers follow a slender line that delineates the search area then comb through a thick carpet of seaweed sea horses like chameleons change color to hide the male's wrap their slender tails around the green stalks and sway like
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The Aztecs: From Empire...
empire might be hard to come by but lucky for us some records survived they're called the aztec codices they were records used for all kinds of things keeping track of royal tributes defining the future delineating territories telling stories of conquest and defeat
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Fathers That Give Birth...
and visibility close to zero the divers follow a slender line that delineates the search area then comb through it thick carpet of seaweed sea horses like chameleons change color to hide the male's wrap their slender tails around the green stalks and sway like
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National Geographic...
I actually always thought of fall colors as color photographs but I really, more and more, like the way they photograph in black and white. The right side is sort of between the orange and the yellow you get just a slight delineation in the print.
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Why great architecture...
But of course, today's society has moved on from there. We no longer live in a world in which everything is as clearly delineated or separated from each other. We live in a world in which boundaries start to blur between the different domains,
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Esther Perel: The...
and boundaries, because they create delineation, demarcation, borders, and those are really necessary for us to experience a sense of groundedness and structure. And the second thing that really helps with stress as well
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Brain health in...
ever we managed to delineate the effects or the the impact of antidepressants on cognitive function which can revolutionize treatment and has worldwide applications we're also educating patients and their families in
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Wade Davis: The...
he meant clinging to the illusion that life is static and predictable. The third noble truth said that ignorance can be overcome. And the fourth and most important, of course, was the delineation of a contemplative practice that not only had the possibility of a transformation of the human heart,
Video examples
3 steps to stop remote...
The key is to be intentional. It could be music or lighting, a pep talk with a friend. You could take a walk around the block at a certain time of day or even a breathing or stretching routine before you sit -- whatever it takes for you to delineate the transition between work and home.
Video examples
Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
Video examples
Now it's Dad's Turn PIPE...
Celsius and visibility close to zero the divers follow a slender line that delineates the search area then comb through a thick carpet of seaweed sea horses like chameleons change color to hide the male's wrap their slender tails around the green stalks and sway like
Video examples
The Aztecs: From Empire...
empire might be hard to come by but lucky for us some records survived they're called the aztec codices they were records used for all kinds of things keeping track of royal tributes defining the future delineating territories telling stories of conquest and defeat
Video examples
Fathers That Give Birth...
and visibility close to zero the divers follow a slender line that delineates the search area then comb through it thick carpet of seaweed sea horses like chameleons change color to hide the male's wrap their slender tails around the green stalks and sway like
Video examples
National Geographic...
I actually always thought of fall colors as color photographs but I really, more and more, like the way they photograph in black and white. The right side is sort of between the orange and the yellow you get just a slight delineation in the print.
Video examples
Why great architecture...
But of course, today's society has moved on from there. We no longer live in a world in which everything is as clearly delineated or separated from each other. We live in a world in which boundaries start to blur between the different domains,
Video examples
Esther Perel: The...
and boundaries, because they create delineation, demarcation, borders, and those are really necessary for us to experience a sense of groundedness and structure. And the second thing that really helps with stress as well
Video examples
Brain health in...
ever we managed to delineate the effects or the the impact of antidepressants on cognitive function which can revolutionize treatment and has worldwide applications we're also educating patients and their families in
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
People are looking for a simplicity in their fictional worlds where good and evil are clearly delineated, that you can't find in the real world, and that provides an enormous comfort - and that, I think, has an awful lot to do with the reason fantasy is so popular.
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Alice McDermott
American Writer
As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw.
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Meg Rosoff
American Writer
When I was at university, there was such a strong delineation between city kids and those who had grown up the suburbs. City kids were so at home in the world, in a way that suburban kids take years to catch up, if indeed they ever can.
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Mike D
American Musician
Lofts are great. But with a home, there is a lot to be said for delineated space. To have the luxury of a little separate work space is huge - and to have the dream-sequence master bath.
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Yvonne Orji
Nigerian Actress
I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping.
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Daniel Tammet
English Writer
I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.
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Melissa Leong
I live a very straight forward life and my job is public, my life isn't. That's a very clear delineation I've made from the beginning and will always tread that line.
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Edward Burtynsky
Canadian Photographer
I no longer see my world as delineated by countries with borders or language, but as seven billion humans living off a single, finite planet.
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Ellen McLaughlin
American Playwright
The sensation of flying is incredible, and it's such a miraculous notion to go into the air and see the world without delineation.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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Robert J. Sawyer
Canadian Writer
People are looking for a simplicity in their fictional worlds where good and evil are clearly delineated, that you can't find in the real world, and that provides an enormous comfort - and that, I think, has an awful lot to do with the reason fantasy is so popular.
Quote examples
Alice McDermott
American Writer
As a writer, you have to put yourself in service to the character, get behind their eyes by delineating the world where the character develops. You have to listen to the character and see him inside his certain world to know what conclusions he would draw.
Quote examples
Meg Rosoff
American Writer
When I was at university, there was such a strong delineation between city kids and those who had grown up the suburbs. City kids were so at home in the world, in a way that suburban kids take years to catch up, if indeed they ever can.
Quote examples
Mike D
American Musician
Lofts are great. But with a home, there is a lot to be said for delineated space. To have the luxury of a little separate work space is huge - and to have the dream-sequence master bath.
Quote examples
Yvonne Orji
Nigerian Actress
I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping.
Quote examples
Daniel Tammet
English Writer
I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.
Quote examples
Melissa Leong
I live a very straight forward life and my job is public, my life isn't. That's a very clear delineation I've made from the beginning and will always tread that line.
Quote examples
Edward Burtynsky
Canadian Photographer
I no longer see my world as delineated by countries with borders or language, but as seven billion humans living off a single, finite planet.
Quote examples
Ellen McLaughlin
American Playwright
The sensation of flying is incredible, and it's such a miraculous notion to go into the air and see the world without delineation.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
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