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How to pronounce delimit in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms define, delimitate, delineate, specify
Type of be
Has types redefine, determine
Type Words
Synonyms subtend
Type of be
Type Words
Synonyms delimitate, demarcate
Type of restrict, throttle, trammel, bound, confine, limit
Derivation delimitation

Examples of delimit

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The maintenance path also served to delimit areas where farming was not permissible.
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Paradoxically, that makes its influence harder, not easier, to delimit.
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Thus, we need to precisely delimit the area where the money will work.
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First, a battle without, against any external force that might delimit thought and action.
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Alternative to spaces, many writing systems use spaces to delimit words.
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Such restrictions clearly delimit the positive effect HSAs can have on the healthcare market.
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These criteria may include a period of time and will often delimit a particular geographic region.
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Alas, it is difficult to delimit Europe, or even the idea of it.
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Pairs of commas are often used to delimit parenthetic material, forming a parenthetical remark.
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More examples
  • Specify: determine the essential quality of
  • Subtend: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
  • Demarcate: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  • (delimitation) boundary line: a line that indicates a boundary
  • (delimited) bounded: having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region"
  • A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams. An example of a delimiter is the comma character, which acts as a field delimiter in a sequence of comma-separated values.
  • Boundary delimitation, or simply delimitation, is the term used to describe the drawing of boundaries, but is most often used to describe the drawing of electoral boundaries, specifically those of precincts, states, counties or other municipalities. ACE: The Electoral Knowledge Center. ...
  • To mark or fix the limits of; To demarcate
  • (delimited) Within set boundaries or limits; With specified conditions