delineate
C2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To describe or define something precisely, marking out its boundaries.
The introduction carefully delineates the scope of the investigation.
Business verb
To describe or outline something precisely, marking its boundaries or key features.
The scope document delineates exactly which markets the joint venture will and will not cover.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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