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demarcate Definition

de·mar·cate (dē märkāt, di-, dēmär kāt′)

transitive verb -·cated, -·cat·ing

  1. to set or mark the limits of; delimit
  2. to mark the difference between; distinguish; separate

Etymology: back-form. < demarcation

demarcate Synonyms

demarcate

v.

demarcate Usage Examples

Object

  • boundary: The student will understand how to demarcate a transaction boundary to define a unit of work.
  • border: These are spatial stories because they combine to suggest how regions and places are created and who demarcates borders and boundaries.
  • territory: However, an economically unified demarcated territory is an essential condition for economic development.
  • area: The squares were laid out with corner posts connected by highly visible line to demarcate the area.
  • space: Most often ornamentation is used for demarcating the three-dimensional space we are living in from the two-dimensional space of a painting or a picture.
  • region: Vinho Verde, Portugal's largest demarcated wine region, covers the entire northwestern corner of the country.

Subject

  • line: The second sees a watershed as the river basin itself: the catchment area demarcated by a line of hills.
  • letter: Ideas are developed in a sequence of sentences, sometimes demarcated by capital letters and full stops.

Preposition: by

  • line: The second sees a watershed as the river basin itself: the catchment area demarcated by a line of hills.
  • letter: Ideas are developed in a sequence of sentences, sometimes demarcated by capital letters and full stops.

Modifying Another Word

  • sharply: The borders between man and machine, especially between mind and computer, are no longer so sharply demarcated.
  • clearly: The excavation proved to be located at the edge of the burial ground with a clearly demarcated line of graves to the south.
  • well: Findings There is a well demarcated, ovoid shaped, mass on the right side of the right fibula.
  • legally: Areas of forest surviving the mining, logging and roads in the Amazon are those that have been legally demarcated as Indian territories.
  • officially: In the past two decades there has been an attempt to give the indigenous some security by officially demarcating their traditional lands.
  • precisely: More importantly, even where boundaries were demarcated precisely, the effectiveness of ducal authority on their ' Norman ' side varied considerably.