Delineation

/diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "delineation" (179 found)

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Noun(6 words)

depiction borderboundary linecharacterisation characterization definition

account alphabet art band barblack and whiteblueprint brouillon cameo cartoon catalog cataloging charactercharacter sketchcharactering characterization charcoalcharcoal drawingchart chiaroscuro

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choreography configuration contourconventional representationcopy crayoncross hatchingcross-hatchingdance notationdash

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Noun(5 words)

definitional boundarydelimiting delineating demarcation limning

demonstration depiction depictment description design details diagonal diagram doodledotted linedraft drafting drama draught draughtsman draughty drawing ebauche elevation esquisse

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evocation exemplification explanation exposition features figuration figure framework gestalt graphgraphic accountground planhachure hairline hatching hieroglyphichouse planichnography iconography ideogram illustration image imagery imaging impression itemization letter limning line

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line drawinglineaments lineation lines logogram logographmain featuresmapmusical notationnotation outline painting particularization pastel patternpen-and-inkpencil drawingphotograph pictogram picture

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picturization plan plot portrait portraiture portrayal prefigurement presentment printing profile projection realization relation relief rendering rendition representation roughrough copyrough draftrough outlineschema score script shapes silhouettesilver-print drawingsinopia skeleton sketch sketching slash specification story streak streaking striation strip stripe striping stroke study sublineation syllabary symbol tablature table tournure tracing underline underlining underscore underscoring version vignette virgulevivid descriptionword paintingworking drawingwriting

Noun(9 words)

line drawingoutline picture portrayalscope definitionscope delimitationsegmentingword pictureword-painting

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More general

10 entries

boundary demarcation description drawingpictorial representationpicturing practice process representationverbal description

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8 entries

boundary delineationboundary linecartographic boundarylinguistic delineationmethodological delineationpolitical boundaryspatial delineationtheoretical delineation

Collocations

6 entries

clear delineationdelineation of boundariesdelineation processmethodological delineationprecise delineationspatial delineation

Inflections

1 entries

delineations

Derivations

6 entries

delineate delineated delineates delineating delineative delineator

Sample sentences

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After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.

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