: to fix or define the limits of
- guidelines delimiting his responsibilities
- an area delimited by woods
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Examples of delimit in a Sentence
Strict guidelines delimit his responsibilities.
the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area
Origin and Etymology of delimit
French délimiter, from Latin delimitare, from de- + limitare to limit, from limit-, limes boundary, limit
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