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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective represented accurately or precisely.
  • adjective described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of delineate.

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  • adjective represented accurately or precisely

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Examples

  • Just to let ya'll know, I saw in an interview with one of the comic's writers that that they deliberately delineated from the original story because they thought it would be more fun to show on screen and easier to ingest.

    Sound Off: Wanted - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • And speaking of science, the story uses a fair amount of real, present-day science which is delineated from the fictional in an enlightening afterward.

    REVIEW: Twistor by John Cramer 2004

  • In February, 1955, Mr. Martin delineated for us Canada's importance as a world partner and said, The Empire Club of Canada, which takes its name from history's most successful association of free nations, is a singularly appropriate forum for the expression of the ideal of brotherhood in the community, national and international sense.

    Some Considerations in Canadian Foreign Policy 1959

  • At the moment I am reading King’s “The Shining” and the internal monologue of all the characters features prominently – though in tiny snippets, rather than in large slabs and are delineated from the rest of the narrative, through the use of brackets.

    Interior Monologues in Writing « Write Anything 2010

  • But during those seven decades, Dr. Kaysen delved into and delineated a kaleidoscopic array of subjects, threading them with his economic expertise.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS HEVESI 2010

  • But during those seven decades, Dr. Kaysen delved into and delineated a kaleidoscopic array of subjects, threading them with his economic expertise.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS HEVESI 2010

  • But during those seven decades, Dr. Kaysen delved into and delineated a kaleidoscopic array of subjects, threading them with his economic expertise.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS HEVESI 2010

  • But during those seven decades, Dr. Kaysen delved into and delineated a kaleidoscopic array of subjects, threading them with his economic expertise.

    NYT > Home Page By DENNIS HEVESI 2010

  • But when comparing the structural damage from wind such as delineated by Saffir Simpson, the relevant thing is the damage from wind to structures.

    YTD Hurricane Activity « Climate Audit 2007

  • In a society as tightly structured as that which dominated Mexico when the Europeans arrived, culinary practices delineated class divisions as well as ethnic ones.

    The Mexican kitchen: a taste for all seasons 2009

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