delimit

de·lim·it | \ di-ˈli-mət

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delimited; delimiting; delimits

Definition of delimit

transitive verb

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web That gave him a way to think about the past, and also a style—history as a battle of opposites, in which the result of each skirmish shapes and delimits the possibilities for the future. — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, "Mike Davis in the Age of Catastrophe," 24 Apr. 2020 Despite technological advances, biology and medicine still lack a coherent and principled understanding of what precisely defines birth and death—the two bookends that delimit life. — Christof Koch, Scientific American, "Is Death Reversible?," 11 Oct. 2019 Still, there were failures and compromises both in how authorities delimited the scope of the inquiries and in how South Africa’s post-apartheid government enacted the commission’s eventual recommendations. — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, "Notes on Cancel Culture," 1 July 2019 The government doesn’t have very many measures to help in a situation like that, because unemployment insurance is time-delimited. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Journalist and author Annie Lowrey wants you to understand that universal basic income isn’t crazy," 16 July 2018

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“Delimit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delimit. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.

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