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To mark or fix the limits of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: literal
Examples
- Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
- Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
- The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.WB
- The possibilities for new automotive features are vast but are practically delimited by costs of development and manufacturing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demarcate, limit, constrain
Antonyms: none provided
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demarcate, delimitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: limit, circumscribe, confine
determine the essential quality of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: specify, define, delineate, delimitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: determine, redefine
be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subtend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
определям граница
(opredeljam granica)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Danish:
afgrænse
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Finnish:
rajata
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Galician:
derregar
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Galician:
estremar
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Galician:
demarcar
— to mark or fix the limits of
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German:
eingrenzen
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Greek:
οριοθετώ
(oriothetó)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Greek:
οροθετώ
(orothetó)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Irish:
teorannaigh
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Italian:
delimitare
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Italian:
demarcare
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Italian:
fissare
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Central Kurdish:
سنور پێدان
(snur pêdan)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Portuguese:
delimitar
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Russian:
разграни́чивать
(razgraníčivatʹ)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Russian:
размежёвывать
(razmežóvyvatʹ)
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Spanish:
delimitar
— to mark or fix the limits of
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Bulgarian:
разделям
(razdeljam)
— to demarcate
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Bulgarian:
разграничавам
(razgraničavam)
— to demarcate
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Finnish:
rajata
— to demarcate
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French:
délimiter
— to demarcate
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German:
begrenzen
— to demarcate
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Portuguese:
deliminar
— to demarcate
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Portuguese:
demarcar
— to demarcate
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Romanian:
delimita
— to demarcate
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Spanish:
delimitar
— to demarcate
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Spanish:
demarcar
— to demarcate