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OUTLINED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outlined mean?
• OUTLINED (adjective)
The adjective OUTLINED has 1 sense:
1. showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
Familiarity information: OUTLINED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
Synonyms:
defined; outlined
Context example:
the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill
Similar:
distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)
Context examples
Both the LMB 81 and LMB 89 Group B protocols follow a similar regimen to that outlined in the LMB 84 regimen.
(LMB-84 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
She sat with that proud, delicate profile of hers outlined against the red curtain.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I could see his black figure clearly outlined against the green behind him.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The LMB 89 Group C regimen follows a similar regimen to that outlined in the LMB 86 protocol.
(LMB-86 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Outlined against the clear blue of the sky, he had the appearance of an enormous spider crawling along the tracery of its web.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was opened immediately, and the figure of a tall woman was outlined against the dim-lit hall.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then, hardly daring to look and yet unable to turn away my eyes, I saw a figure dimly outlined in the corner upon which the stair opened.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Characteristics which are necessary to allow a subject to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.
(Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)
Medical and/or social characteristics that prevent a subject from being allowed to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.
(Exclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)
Medical and/or social characteristics which are necessary for a subject to be allowed to participate in a clinical study, as outlined in the study protocol.
(Inclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)
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