Definition of delimit Delimit

de•lim•it

We found 8 definitions of delimit from 5 different sources.

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What does delimit mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

delimit - determine the essential quality of
  specify, define, delineate, delimitate
  be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
  determine fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
  redefine give a new or different definition of (a word)
delimit - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  demarcate, delimitate
  circumscribe, limit, confine draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
delimit - be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
  subtend
  be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • delimit (v. t.)
    To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • delimit
    de-lim′it, v.t. to fix or mark the limit of.—n. Delimitā′tion

Part of speech

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  • delimit, verb, present, 1st person singular of delimit (infinitive).
  • delimit, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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