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delimit

verb

di-ˈli-mət

Definition of delimit

as in to define

to mark the limits of the highway delimits the eastern edge of the downtown area

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Recent Examples of delimit The search was reinforced in the area delimited by the previous flights. — Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 May 2025 Master the art of delimiting information Separating information properly affects your results significantly. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Infatuation opens his characters to, and delimits the extent of their participation in, the world. — Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 Some of those words must remain embedded in Prosecco Superiore, the legal term tied to DOCG to indicate both zones precisely delimited by notions of quality, grapes, culture, history, and soils. — Susan H. Gordon, Phd, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for delimit

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The slump has sapped the power that has defined his offensive game, with no extra-base hits and just one RBI during that span.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Its legacy animates both movements seeking greater inclusion and campaigns promising to restore a national unity defined in racial or cultural terms.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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