delimit
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
Definition of delimit
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(figuratively, transitive)To mark or fix the limits of.
“Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain”
“Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.”
“The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.ᵂᴮ”
“The possibilities for new automotive features are vast but are practically delimited by costs of development and manufacturing.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.
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