delimit
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.
Origin of delimit
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How to use delimit in a sentence
Now in interest, the important delimiting quality is emotional tone.
Creative Intelligence | John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. KallenThe Decision may involve certain deductions or inferences, either delimiting or amplifying its nature.
Sound Military Decision | U.s. Naval War CollegeThis method of delimiting a meaning by calling out a certain attitude toward objects may be called denotative or indicative.
How We Think | John DeweyShe caught at the delimiting phrase, “nice girls,” and glanced up again.
The Readjustment | Will IrwinDifferences in metabolic adaptation, therefore, have played a role in delimiting climatic distribution of these species.
British Dictionary definitions for delimit
delimitate
/ (diːˈlɪmɪt) /
(tr) to mark or prescribe the limits or boundaries of; demarcate
Derived forms of delimit
- delimitation, noun
- delimitative, adjective
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