delineation

de·lin·e·ate (d

-l

)

tr.v. de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates

1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out.

2. To represent pictorially; depict.

3. To depict in words or gestures; describe. See Synonyms at represent.

[Latin dlnere, dlnet- : d-, de- + lnea, line, thread; see line¹.]

de·line·ation n.

de·line·ative adj.

de·line·ator n.

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Noun	1.	delineation - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" characterisation, characterization, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words epithet - descriptive word or phrase portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
	2.	delineation - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects limning, line drawing, depiction animalization - a depiction in the form of an animal drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
	3.	delineation - representation by drawing or painting etc depiction, portrayal pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting portraiture - the activity of making portraits

delineation

noun

1. outline, description, account, drawing, picture, chart, tracing, portrait, representation, diagram, portrayal, depiction His razor-sharp delineation of ordinary life.

2. determination, determining, defining, charting, mapping out the delineation of the provincial borders

Translations

delineation [dɪˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃən] N → delineación f

delineation [dɪˌlɪniˈeɪʃ^ən] n

(= depiction) [place, character, situation] → description f

(= marking) [border] → tracé m

delineation

n → Skizzierung f; (of boundary, border) → Einzeichnung f; (= description) → Beschreibung f, → Darstellung f

delineation [dɪˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → delineamento

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Animalization Blottesque characterisation Delineament depiction description dicealolgy drawing Figurial iconism international job description Limning line drawing Optigraph perigraph pictorial representation portraiture portrayal Selenograph	I take the imputation in good part, as a compliment to the just delineation of my female characters; and though I am bound to attribute much of the severity of my censors to this suspicion, I make no effort to refute it, because, in my own mind, I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context This can never be tied down by such strict rules, either in the delineation of the offense by the prosecutors, or in the construction of it by the judges, as in common cases serve to limit the discretion of courts in favor of personal security. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context	Deligate Deligation delight Delightable delighted delightedly Delighter delightful delightfully Delighting Delightless Delightous delightsome Delignate Delilah delimit delimitate delimitation delimited delimiter deline Delineable Delineament delineate delineated delineation delineative delineator Delineatory Delineature Delinition delinquency delinquent Delinquently Deliquate Deliquation deliquesce deliquescence deliquescent Deliquiate Deliquiation Deliquium Deliracy Delirament Delirancy Delirant Delirate Deliration deliria Deliriant Delirifacient	delimitative delimited delimited delimiter delimiter delimiter Delimiter-separated values Delimiter-separated values Delimiter-separated values delimiters delimiters delimiters delimiting delimiting delimiting keratotomy delimits delimits Deline Deline First Nation Government Deline, Northwest Territories Delineable Delineament delineate delineate delineated delineated delineates delineates delineating delineating delineation delineation lines Delineation of Privileges delineations delineations delineative delineative delineator delineator delineators delineators Delineatory Delineatory Delineature Delineavit Delinia Delinition Delinquants Delinquants Delinquants Delinquants Delinquants delinquence delinquencies delinquencies delinquencies delinquencies delinquencies delinquency delinquency delinquency

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Animalization
Blottesque
characterisation
Delineament
depiction
description
dicealolgy
drawing
Figurial
iconism
international job description
Limning
line drawing
Optigraph
perigraph
pictorial representation
portraiture
portrayal
Selenograph

I take the imputation in good part, as a compliment to the just delineation of my female characters; and though I am bound to attribute much of the severity of my censors to this suspicion, I make no effort to refute it, because, in my own mind, I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context

"It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.

Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context

This can never be tied down by such strict rules, either in the delineation of the offense by the prosecutors, or in the construction of it by the judges, as in common cases serve to limit the discretion of courts in favor of personal security.

Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context

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