Delineation

//diːlɪniˈeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "delineation" (170 found)

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Noun(2 words)
depictionlimning

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Translations

24 translations across 10 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καταγραφή noun (the act of delineating; depiction)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • обрисуване noun (a graphic verbal description)
  • очертаване noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • очертание noun (an image of the outline of an object)
  • скициране noun (the act of delineating; depiction)

Catalan

2 entries
  • delineació noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • delineament noun (the act of delineating; depiction)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afbakening noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • omlijning noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • schets noun (the act of delineating; depiction)

French

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  • ébauche noun (an image of the outline of an object)

German

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  • Skizze noun (an image of the outline of an object)

Irish

4 entries
  • cuntas noun (a graphic verbal description)
  • cur síos noun (a graphic verbal description)
  • dreachadh noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • léiriú noun (an image of the outline of an object)

Italian

2 entries
  • delineamento noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • delineazione noun (the act of delineating; depiction)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • esboço noun (an image of the outline of an object)

Russian

4 entries
  • вычерчивание noun (the act of delineating; depiction)
  • контур noun (an image of the outline of an object)
  • обрисование noun (a graphic verbal description)
  • очерта́ние noun (an image of the outline of an object)

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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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