delimit

Verb

Meaning

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

define specify delineate demarcate delimitate subtend mark fetter line control limited separate contain bridle measure
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Antonyms

release connector vast endless ceaseless juxtapose
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Hypernyms

trammel limit bound restrict throttle confine

Hyponyms

determine redefine

Related terms

limit limitation delimitation delimiter

Anagrams

limited melitid dimetil

Examples

ADFS quirks The ADFS file format used the bytes Hugo to delimit the directory names on the disc, named after ADFS author Hugo Tyson. Source: Internet

For particularly heavy overhead lifts, a taped wrist enables the lifter to regulate wrist extension and delimit the translation of the radius and ulna distal heads. Source: Internet

Problems to be solved include, East Timor-Indonesia Boundary Committee meetings to survey and delimit land boundary; and Indonesia is seeking resolution of East Timorese refugees in Indonesia. Source: Internet

However they may be used to delimit a rule name when used in prose to discern a rule name. Source: Internet

Alternatively, the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt may be said to delimit the region physiographically on the north. Source: Internet

Double quotes delimit string constants. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

delime deliminate Delimir delimitable delimitably delimitate