delimit

English

Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“I limit, I bound”); see limit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪmɪt/
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt

Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

(transitive) To mark or fix the limits of.
(transitive) To demarcate.
Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
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Related terms

limit
limitation
delimitation

Translations

to mark or fix the limits of

Bulgarian: определям граница (opredeljam granica)
Danish: afgrænse
Finnish: rajata (fi)
Galician: derregar, estremar (gl), demarcar
German: eingrenzen (de)
Irish: teorannaigh

Italian: delimitare (it), demarcare (it), fissare (it)
Kurdish:
Sorani: سنور پێدان‎ (snoor paedAn)
Portuguese: delimitar (pt)
Russian: разграни́чивать (ru) (razgraníčivatʹ), размежёвывать (ru) (razmežóvyvatʹ)
Spanish: delimitar (es)

to demarcate

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam), разграничавам (bg) (razgraničavam)
Finnish: rajata (fi)

Portuguese: deliminar, demarcar (pt)
Spanish: delimitar (es), demarcar (es)

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Romanian: ^{(please verify)} delimita (ro)

Anagrams

limited, melitid