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delimitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circumscribe verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
  • demarcate verb To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.

Senses

delimitar is used for these senses in English:

  • circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  • delimit (transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
  • demarcate To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.

circumscribe — full definition

  1. verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
  2. verb To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  3. verb To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

demarcate — full definition

  1. verb To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
  2. verb To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.

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