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Delineation

Noun CEFR C1
diːlɪniˈeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of delineating; depiction.
  2. An image of the outline of an object.
  3. A graphic verbal description.

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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