"delimit" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈlɪmɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delimit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: delimits [present, singular, third-person], delimiting [participle, present], delimited [participle, past], delimited [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt Etymology: From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“I limit, I bound”); see limit. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|délimiter}} French délimiter, {{der|en|LL.|dēlīmitō||I mark out the limits}} Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), {{m|la|dē-}} dē-, {{m|la|līmitō||I limit, I bound}} līmitō (“I limit, I bound”), {{l|en|limit}} limit Head templates: {{en-verb}} delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)
  1. (transitive) To mark or fix the limits of. Tags: transitive Translations (to mark or fix the limits of): определям граница (opredeljam granica) (Bulgarian), سنور پێدان (snur pêdan) (Central Kurdish), afgrænse (Danish), rajata (Finnish), derregar (Galician), estremar (Galician), demarcar (Galician), eingrenzen (German), οριοθετώ (oriothetó) (Greek), οροθετώ (orothetó) (Greek), teorannaigh (Irish), delimitare (Italian), demarcare (Italian), fissare (Italian), delimitar (Portuguese), разграни́чивать (razgraníčivatʹ) (Russian), размежёвывать (razmežóvyvatʹ) (Russian), delimitar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delimit-en-verb-XSZvtUjV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to mark or fix the limits of': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To demarcate. Tags: transitive Translations (to demarcate): разделям (razdeljam) (Bulgarian), разграничавам (razgraničavam) (Bulgarian), rajata (Finnish), deliminar (Portuguese), demarcar (Portuguese), delimitar (Spanish), demarcar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delimit-en-verb-9elbFtf3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to demarcate': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: limit, limitation, delimitation, delimiter, unlimit (english: to remove limits)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to mark or fix the limits of",
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      "sense": "to mark or fix the limits of",
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