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How to pronounce demarcate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms delimit, delimitate
Type of trammel, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, bound
Derivation demarcation
Type Words
Type of severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate
Derivation demarcation

Examples of demarcate

demarcate
The commission is supposed to demarcate the border based on the historical record.
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Horton was the first to demarcate and label these now-familiar stages of the cycle.
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Most coding requires the analyst to read the data and demarcate segments within it.
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Many Monist philosophies clearly demarcate illusion from truth and falsehood.
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The nation must also demarcate north-south political boundaries before the election.
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Several factors conspired to demarcate middle age, starting with advances in health.
From the huffingtonpost.com
New cattle brands were introduced, and barbed wire was used to demarcate properties.
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This Act also enabled the administration to demarcate reserved and protected forests.
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Such an easy way to demarcate yourselves from these dissenters isn't it?
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More examples
  • Separate clearly, as if by boundaries
  • Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  • (demarcation) limit: the boundary of a specific area
  • (demarcation) line: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
  • (demarcation) The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire; A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line; Any strictly defined separation
  • (Demarcation) Defines the point at which ownership or responsibility for operating and maintaining facilities passes from one party to another. It can be a discrete physical device such as a jack or a virtual location such as the main telephone room.
  • (Demarcation) The point between the wiring that comes in from your local telephone company and the wiring you install to hook up your telephone system to the point where the telco's responsibility to maintain or replace lines or equipment ends and a subscriber's begins. ...
  • (Demarcation) in medical nanorobotics, a crude form of functional navigation in which artificial conditions detectable by in vivo medical nanorobots are created at or near the target treatment site, such as warm or cold spots, pressure spots, or injected chemical plumes.
  • (demarcation) An exclusive right that restricts a specific type of work to members of a particular union. In practice, it operates as a form of job protection.