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Abgrenzung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ambit noun The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
  • bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  • delimitation noun The act of delimiting something.
  • demarcation noun The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.

Senses

Abgrenzung is used for these senses in English:

  • ambit (archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
  • bound (often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
  • demarcation Any strictly defined separation.

ambit — full definition

  1. noun The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
  2. noun The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
  3. noun The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
  4. noun The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.

bound — full definition

  1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
  3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
  4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
  5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.

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