"demarcation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌdiː.mɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌdɛm.ɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [Canada, US], /ˌdi.mɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [Canada, US], /ˌdiː.maːˈkæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demarcation.wav Forms: demarcations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|línea de demarcación}} Spanish línea de demarcación, {{der|en|pt|linha de demarcação}} Portuguese linha de demarcação, {{der|en|it|marcare}} Italian marcare Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demarcation (countable and uncountable, plural demarcations)
  1. The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit): սահմանազատում (sahmanazatum) (Armenian), разграничаване (razgraničavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), demarcació [feminine] (Catalan), vymezení [neuter] (Czech), grænsedragning [common-gender] (Danish), afgrænsning [common-gender] (Danish), demarcatie (Dutch), demarkatie (Dutch), rajanveto (Finnish), rajaus [general] (Finnish), demarkaatio (english: by belligerents) (Finnish), démarcation [feminine] (French), οροθεσία (orothesía) [feminine] (Greek), χάραξη ορίων (cháraxi oríon) [feminine] (Greek), demarcazione [feminine] (Italian), demarcação [feminine] (Portuguese), демарка́ция (demarkácija) [feminine] (Russian), размежева́ние (razmeževánije) [neuter] (Russian), разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) [neuter] (Russian), demarcación (Spanish)
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  2. A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (thus fixed limit): разграничение (razgraničenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), demarcació [feminine] (Catalan), demarkationslinje [common-gender] (Danish), demarcatielijn (Dutch), demarkatielijn (Dutch), grenslijn (Dutch), raja (Finnish), rajalinja [general] (Finnish), tulitaukolinja (Finnish), demarkaatiolinja (english: by belligerents) (Finnish), démarcation [feminine] (French), demarcação [feminine] (Portuguese), разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) [neuter] (Russian), разделе́ние (razdelénije) [neuter] (Russian), demarcación [feminine] (Spanish), frontera [feminine] (Spanish), avgränsning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. Any strictly defined separation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (strictly defined separation): разграничение (razgraničenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), faggrænse [common-gender] (Danish), grænse [common-gender] (Danish), afbakening [feminine] (Dutch), aflijning (Dutch), afgrenzing (Dutch), rajaus (Finnish), Abgrenzung [feminine] (German), διαχωρισμός (diachorismós) [masculine] (Greek), demarcação [feminine] (Portuguese), разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) [neuter] (Russian), demarcación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demarcation-en-noun-E3YaEZ58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 43 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 36 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 32 37 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 35 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 37 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of 'strictly defined separation': 6 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demarkation Derived forms: demarcate (english: back-formation), demarcated, demarcational Related terms: demarc, demarcation line, demarcation potential, demark, marcation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "word": "afgrenzing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "word": "rajaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abgrenzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diachorismós",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διαχωρισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demarcação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razgraničénije",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разграниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "strictly defined separation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demarcación"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "demarcation"
  ],
  "word": "demarcation"
}

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