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delighted |
delightedly |
delightful |
delightfully |
delilah |
delimit
| delimitate
| delimitation
| delimited
| delineate
| delineated
delimit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb delimit has 3 senses
- delimit(v = verb.stative) define, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of; Array is one way to be
- delimit(v = verb.stative) subtend - be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry; Array is one way to be
- delimit(v = verb.cognition) delimitate, demarcate - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; Array is one way to circumscribe, confine, limit
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun delimitation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
delimit, v.tr. (delimited, delimiting)
1 determine the limits of.
2 fix the territorial boundary of.
1 determine the limits of.
2 fix the territorial boundary of.
Derivative
delimitation n.
Etymology
F d{eacute}limiter f. L delimitare (as DE-, limitare f. limes -itis boundary)
THESAURUS
delimit
bar, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bound, brand, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, cicatrize, circle in, circumscribe, confine, dapple, dash, decide, define, delimitate, demarcate, determine, discolor, dot, enclose, engrave, fix, fleck, freckle, gash, hatch, impress, imprint, lay off, limit, line, make a mark, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, measure, mottle, nick, notch, pencil, pepper, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, restrict, riddle, rope off, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, set the limit, specify, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stake out, stamp, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, surround, tattoo, tick, tick off, trace, underline, underscore
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