"demarcate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdiːmɑːˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈmɑɹˌkeɪt/ [General-American], /ˈdi.mɑɹˌkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demarcate.wav Forms: demarcates [present, singular, third-person], demarcating [participle, present], demarcated [participle, past], demarcated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from demarcation. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|demarcation}} Back-formation from demarcation Head templates: {{en-verb}} demarcate (third-person singular simple present demarcates, present participle demarcating, simple past and past participle demarcated)
  1. To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit. Synonyms (to mark the limits or boundaries): demark, delimit, delineate Translations (mark the limits or boundaries of something): разграничавам (razgraničavam) (Bulgarian), vymezit [perfective] (Czech), ohraničit [perfective] (Czech), vytyčit hranici (Czech), afbakenen (Dutch), derregar (Galician), estremar (Galician), demarcar (Galician), delindar (Galician), abgrenzen (German), οροθετώ (orothetó) (Greek), διαχωρίζω (diachorízo) (Greek), afmarka (Icelandic), demarcare (Italian), demarcar (Portuguese), delimitar (Portuguese), demarca (Romanian), разграни́чивать (razgraníčivatʹ) (Russian), ohraničiť (Slovak), demarkovať (Slovak), vytýčiť hranice (Slovak), vyznačiť (Slovak), avgränsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-demarcate-en-verb-V1lIjClj Disambiguation of 'to mark the limits or boundaries': 68 32 Disambiguation of 'mark the limits or boundaries of something': 89 11
  2. To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
    Sense id: en-demarcate-en-verb-pqzmdeYd Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: demarcation

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