delineate
verb (used with object)
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially.
is delineating
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present progressiveof delineate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The challenge is delineating between the legitimate critiques that are helpful, and the Bechtel test of it all.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2022
One of the underlying issues in the debate over COVID-19 treatments is delineating between different types of scientific studies.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
What is hard, Calloway says, her voice quavering, is delineating where the standard scrutiny of celebrity should end.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
As I come up, he is delineating a lady of portentous plainness, who sits and sniggers with a dreadful bashfulness.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93. September 17, 1887 by Various
Never is his touch more delicate or more caressing than when he is delineating a character like Bernick's sister Martha, with her tender devotion and her self-effacing simplicity.
From Inquiries and Opinions by Brander Matthews
