Meanings
present singular third person delimits · participle present delimiting · participle past delimited · past delimited
- figurativelytransitiveliteralTo mark or fix the limits of.
Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.
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Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.ᵂᴮ
The possibilities for new automotive features are vast but are practically delimited by costs of development and manufacturing.
Synonyms & antonyms
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verbdetermine the essential quality of
verbset, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latindēlīmitō“to mark out the limits”
- Frenchdélimiter
- Englishdelimit
From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian определям граница, разделям
- определям граница (opredeljam granica)to mark or fix the limits of
- разделям (razdeljam)to demarcate
- разграничавам (razgraničavam)to demarcate
Danish afgrænse
- afgrænseto mark or fix the limits of
Finnish rajata, rajata
- rajatato mark or fix the limits of
- rajatato demarcate
French délimiter, délimiter
- délimiterto mark or fix the limits of
- délimiterto demarcate
German eingrenzen, begrenzen
- eingrenzento mark or fix the limits of
- begrenzento demarcate
Greek οριοθετώ, οροθετώ
- οριοθετώ (oriothetó)to mark or fix the limits of
- οροθετώ (orothetó)to mark or fix the limits of
Irish teorannaigh
- teorannaighto mark or fix the limits of
Italian delimitare, demarcare
- delimitareto mark or fix the limits of
- demarcareto mark or fix the limits of
- fissareto mark or fix the limits of
Polish rozgraniczać, rozgraniczyć
- rozgraniczaćto mark or fix the limits of
- rozgraniczyćto mark or fix the limits of
- rozgraniczaćto demarcate
- rozgraniczyćto demarcate
Portuguese delimitar, deliminar
- delimitarto mark or fix the limits of
- deliminarto demarcate
- demarcarto demarcate
Romanian delimita
- delimitato demarcate
Russian разграни́чивать, размежёвывать
- разграни́чивать (razgraníčivatʹ)to mark or fix the limits of
- размежёвывать (razmežóvyvatʹ)to mark or fix the limits of
Spanish delimitar, delimitar
- delimitarto mark or fix the limits of
- delimitarto demarcate
- demarcarto demarcate
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
delimit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delimit
“delimit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delimit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delimit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delimit.
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