delimit
verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
delimited
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past participleof delimit.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof delimit.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
delimitverb (used with object)to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
Example Sentences
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A lower-risk zone with a 20km radius has also been delimited.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
It was designed to corral a small group of suspects within a delimited space, thereby reducing the number of variables the writer needed to juggle and the reader to remember.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It’s a funny line, but it’s also as if he has delimited the four-year age window within which his situation will cease to be amusing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
“We must fix the flaws in our public health system, empower scientific leadership to take proactive actions and have a delimited framework for how to use blunt tools when all other options are exhausted.”
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2021
That is, there is no item in an outline, no branch of a tree, no unit of discourse that consistently corresponds to a block of text delimited by a blank line or an indentation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
