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BNC: 23695 COCA: 24542

delimit

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delimit /dɪˈlɪmət/ verb
delimits; delimited; delimiting
delimit
/dɪˈlɪmət/
verb
delimits; delimited; delimiting
Learner's definition of DELIMIT
[+ object] formal
: to officially set or state the limits of (something)限定;界定;划定
BNC: 23695 COCA: 24542

delimit

verb

de·​lim·​it di-ˈli-mət How to pronounce delimit (audio)
dē-
delimited; delimiting; delimits

transitive verb

: to fix or define the limits of
guidelines delimiting his responsibilities
an area delimited by woods
delimitation noun

Example Sentences

Strict guidelines delimit his responsibilities. the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
Recent Examples on the Web That gave him a way to think about the past, and also a style—history as a battle of opposites, in which the result of each skirmish shapes and delimits the possibilities for the future. Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2020 Despite technological advances, biology and medicine still lack a coherent and principled understanding of what precisely defines birth and death—the two bookends that delimit life. Christof Koch, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2019 Still, there were failures and compromises both in how authorities delimited the scope of the inquiries and in how South Africa’s post-apartheid government enacted the commission’s eventual recommendations. Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019 The government doesn’t have very many measures to help in a situation like that, because unemployment insurance is time-delimited. Recode Staff, Recode, 16 July 2018

Word History

Etymology

French délimiter, from Latin delimitare, from de- + limitare to limit, from limit-, limes boundary, limit

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of delimit was in 1852
BNC: 23695 COCA: 24542

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