delineate

1. 1.

   represented accurately or precisely

   Synonymsdelineatedrepresented

   Similardepicteddescribeddiagrammatic

Other forms of delineate

past tense

delineated·

present participle

delineating·

third person

delineates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about delineate

What does delineate mean?

delineate means "show the form or outline of". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delineate?

delineate has 4 syllables: de-lin-e-ate. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /dɪˈlɪniˌeɪt/.

What is another word for delineate?

Close synonyms include define, specify, define, delimit, delimitate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is delineate a common word?

delineate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with delineate?

95 words rhyme with delineate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.