delineation
/dɪˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/dih-lih-nee-AY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/dɪˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/dih-lih-nee-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of delineating
Common meaning: an outline or description
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- dedown, away, off; undoing
- linflax; a linen thread, a lineLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1067 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘down, away, off’ + ‘flax’ → delineation
Journey through time
- Latinlīnum, līnea‘flax’
- Englishdelineate‘to describe or outline exactly’
- Englishformed in English from delineatedelineation‘an outline or description’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from delineate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DELINEATE, p.159 · scan
Roots
- līnum, līnea Latin “flax; a linen thread, a line”
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