verb
Meaning 1
To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
demarcate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdiːmɑːˌkeɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɑːkeɪt/
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General-American: /dɪˈmɑɹˌkeɪt/
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General-American: /ˈdi.mɑɹˌkeɪt/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)keɪt
verb
Meaning 2
To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: delimit, delimitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: limit, circumscribe, confine
verb
Meaning 4
separate clearly, as if by boundaries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
History
Etymology
Back-formation from demarcation.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разграничавам (razgraničavam) — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Catalan: demarcar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Catalan: delimitar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Czech: vymezit — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Czech: ohraničit — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Czech: vytyčit hranici — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Dutch: afbakenen — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- French: délimiter — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Galician: derregar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Galician: estremar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Galician: demarcar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Galician: delindar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- German: abgrenzen — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Greek: οροθετώ (orothetó) — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Greek: διαχωρίζω (diachorízo) — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Icelandic: afmarka — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Italian: demarcare — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Polish: rozgraniczać — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Polish: rozgraniczyć — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Portuguese: demarcar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Portuguese: delimitar — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Romanian: demarca — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Russian: разграни́чивать (razgraníčivatʹ) — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Russian: разграни́чить (razgraníčitʹ) — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Slovak: ohraničiť — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Slovak: demarkovať — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Slovak: vytýčiť hranice — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Slovak: vyznačiť — mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Swedish: avgränsa — mark the limits or boundaries of something