demarcate
verb (used with object)
to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of.
demarcated
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past participleof demarcate.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 demarcate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
demarcateverb (used with object)to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of.
Example Sentences
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What was once a regional sport with deep roots and clearly demarcated borders has morphed into a sprawling battle where geography and tradition have been pushed into the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
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
In a decade of crossing and re-crossing, Papi treated the border and the fences that demarcated it like an exercise in prepositions: He went around it, through it, above it, below it, past it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Content is demarcated by categories like “Movies,” “Comedy,” “Classic TV,” “Sci-Fi,” “Reality,” and “Season’s Greetings,” for those longing to fulfill their Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movie cravings.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2023
From the great plaza radiated four highways that demarcated the four asymmetrical sectors into which he divided the empire, Tawantinsuyu, “Land of the Four Quarters.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
