delimit
pronunciation
How to pronounce delimit in British English:
UK [diˈlɪmɪt]
How to pronounce delimit in American English:
US [dɪˈlɪmɪt]
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- Verb:
- determine the essential quality of
- be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
- set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
Word Origin
- delimit (v.)
- 1852, from French délimiter (18c.), from Latin delimitare "to mark out as a boundary," from de- (see de-) + limitare, from limitem, limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: Delimited; delimiting.
Example
- 1. Israel has yet to delimit its economic zone with lebanon .
- 2. Wooden or fiberglass boards that surround the rink and delimit the playing area .
- 3. The competent forestry authorities shall be responsible for stipulating the quarantine range of forest tree seedlings , delimit the epidemic area and the protection area and conduct quarantine of forest tree seedlings .
- 4. That summer , plane across the sea , delimit next smile curve .
- 5. Delimit each subdirectory with a semicolon .