delineate
to describe or define precisely, or to mark the outline of
Word origin: From Latin delineare, to sketch out, from linea, line.
Delineate in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing delineate in a sentence.
The contract clearly delineates each party's obligations.
The report carefully delineates the responsibilities of each agency to prevent overlapping jurisdiction.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “delineate” well
Delineate means either to describe something precisely or to trace its outline, pairing with outline and demarcate. The two senses share the idea of drawing clear boundaries.
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