mark out

Verb

Meaning

set boundaries to and delimit

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mark off mark line set measure limit describe determine choose identify bound define draw label brand
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Antonyms

disorder disrupt disperse confuse scatter mess
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Hypernyms

trammel limit bound restrict throttle confine

Examples

The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do. Bernard Bailyn

We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God's people. Ellen G. White

Mark this well, you proud men of action: You are nothing but the unwitting agents of the men of thought who often, in quiet self-effacement, mark out most exactly all your doings in advance. Heinrich Heine

There's no one here in America swimming the Pacific Ocean - or the Atlantic, or the Caribbean - to leave this place. The reason why is because of the freedom. Freedom for a man to mark out his own destiny. It's not, 'Hey, you have so much.' Luke Scott

It is surely one of the strangest of our propensities to mark out those we love best for the worst usage; yet we do, all of us. We can take any freedom with a friend; we stand on no ceremony with a friend. Samuel Laman Blanchard

mark out the territory Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mark off mark on a surface mark one's ballot paper Mark Rothko Mark Tapleyism mark the boundaries of