delineate
verb (used with object)
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially.
has delineated
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present perfectof delineate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Medina replied with arguments he has delineated so often that they have come to feel like personal mantras: Being near each other makes the work better.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
These are the abiding concerns that Will Arbery, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, has delineated, at oblique angles, in his previous plays, “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” and “Corsicana.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
For decades, FUNAI, the country’s indigenous-affairs agency, has delineated reserves and helped guard them from developers.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
So far, the company has delineated a resource of 3.5 million gold ounces, along with some silver and copper.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2010
Still, it is certain that the nature of Scott, that essential nature which no biography can give, underlies, animates, disposes, and permeates all the natures he has delineated.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 by Various
