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OUTLINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
Example:
the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill
Synonyms:
defined; outlined
Classified under:
Similar:
distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb outline
Context examples:
He outlined the remarks he had uttered at the socialist meeting, pointing out that they were in all ways the converse of what the newspaper had put in his mouth.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
All was still and dark, save only that brilliant yellow screen in front of us with the black figure outlined upon its centre.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One Eye, with pointed, interested ears, laughed at her, and beyond, outlined against the white light, she could see the brush of his tail waving good-naturedly.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Outlined against the snow as they were, I could see from the men's clothes that they were peasants or gypsies of some kind.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Again came the snuffle and cough, and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The study outlined in the medical journal looked at four types of intervention to try to prevent dementia — prescription drugs, exercise, cognitive training, and nonprescription vitamins and supplements.
(Study: There's No Fail-safe Way to Prevent Dementia, VOA)
A specially constituted independent review body comprised of medical, scientific and non-scientific members established and designated by an entity to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects recruited to participate in biomedical or behavioral research according to the requirements outlined in Title 38, part 16 (same as Title 45, part 46 and Title 21, part 56) of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.
(Institutional Review Board, NCI Thesaurus)
Irene Adler, as I will still call her, had hurried up the steps; but she stood at the top with her superb figure outlined against the lights of the hall, looking back into the street.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a leaf-shaped sheet of glass bearing upon it a face with a halo round it, so delicately outlined, and of so perfect a tint, that it might have been indeed a human face which gazed with sad and thoughtful eyes upon the young squire.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A scientist or health care professional that has a financial agreement, as outlined in a binding statement of work, with the sponsor to bear full and ultimate responsibility for the scientific, administrative, ethical, legal, technical, and fiscal aspects of the study, and for day-to-day management of the scientific project, as well as for documenting and reporting its results.
(Contract Principal Investigator, NCI Thesaurus)
