delimit

English

Etymology

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“I mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“I limit, I bound”); see limit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪmɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt

Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain

Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.

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.

Derived terms

delimitative

Related terms

Translations

to mark or fix the limits of

Bulgarian: определям граница (opredeljam granica)
Danish: afgrænse
Finnish: rajata (fi)
Galician: derregar, estremar (gl), demarcar
German: eingrenzen (de)
Greek: οριοθετώ (el) (oriothetó), οροθετώ (el) (orothetó)
Irish: teorannaigh
Italian: delimitare (it), demarcare (it), fissare (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سنور پێدان (snur pêdan)
Portuguese: delimitar (pt)
Russian: разграни́чивать (ru) impf (razgraníčivatʹ), размежёвывать impf (razmežóvyvatʹ)
Spanish: delimitar (es)

to demarcate

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam), разграничавам (bg) (razgraničavam)
Finnish: rajata (fi)
Portuguese: deliminar, demarcar (pt)
Spanish: delimitar (es), demarcar (es)

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Romanian: ^{(please verify)} delimita (ro)

Anagrams

limited, melitid