delimit
verb (used with object)
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
delimits
-
present tense formof delimit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Comoe River clearly delimits part of the northeastern frontier between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso -- but the land border is poorly demarcated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The phenomenon in which an initial antibody response to a virus dominates and delimits the response to later strains of the same virus is called "immunological imprinting," or "original antigenic sin."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
“The government must affirmatively prove that its firearms regulation is part of the historical tradition that delimits the outer bounds of the right to keep and bear arms,” Justice Thomas wrote.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
No clean-cut boundary sharply delimits the two, as strands and peninsulas of tissue of one portion penetrate the other.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
Language is developed continuously from such facts, and thus is explained how, "beyond the general concept of expressive movement, there is no specific quality which delimits language in a non-arbitrary manner."
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
