Delimit meaning

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delimitates delimited delimiting delimits
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To establish the limits or boundaries of; demarcate.
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To set the limits or boundaries of.
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To mark or fix the limits of.
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Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.

The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.WB.

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Origin of delimit

  • French délimiter from Latin dēlīmitāre dē- de- līmitāre to limit (from līmes līmit- boundary line)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.

    From Wiktionary

Delimit Sentence Examples

  • On the 3rd of February 1910 the Porte accepted a Bulgarian proposal for a mixed commission to delimit disputed sections of the Turco-Bulgarian frontier, and in March King Ferdinand visited Constantinople.

  • During his ministry he developed the rapprochement of France with Russia - visiting St Petersburg with the president, Felix Faure - and sent expeditions to delimit the French colonies in Africa.

  • After peace with Russia had been concluded, Gordon was attached to an international commission appointed to delimit the new boundary, as fixed by treaty, between Russia and Turkey in Bessarabia; and on the conclusion of this work he was ordered to Asia Minor on similar duty, with reference to the eastern boundary between the two countries.

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