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delimit

/dɪˈlɪmɪt/

delimit verb: to mark or fix the limits of.

Verb

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

  1. (figuratively, transitive, literal) To mark or fix the limits of.
    • Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
    • Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.

delimit meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

delimit in Tamil

வரம்பிடு

delimit in Malayalam

determine, establish, set
അതിർത്തി നിശ്ചയിക്കുക, അതിരിടുക, അതിർത്തി പുനർവിഭജിക്കുക, എലുക നിർണ്ണയിക്കുക, തീരുമാനിക്കുക, നിശ്ചയിക്കുക

delimit in Kannada

ಎಲ್ಲೆ ಗುರುತಿಸು, ಮೇರೆಯಾಗು, ಎಲ್ಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಎಲ್ಲೆಗಟ್ಟು, ಗಡುವಿಡು, ಪರಿಮಿತಗೊಳಿಸು

Examples of delimit in a sentence

  • 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.

All 18 example sentences with delimit

Synonyms of delimit

Forms of delimit

third-person singular presentdelimits
present participledelimiting
past participledelimited
pastdelimited

Past tense of delimit: delimited

Origin of delimit

From French délimiter, from Late Latin dēlīmitō (“to mark out the limits”), from dē- + līmitō (“to limit, to bound”); see limit.

Words formed from delimit

Words that rhyme with delimit

Questions about delimit

What does delimit mean?
Delimit means to mark or fix the limits of.
What is delimit in Tamil?
Delimit in Tamil is வரம்பிடு. See Delimit meaning in Tamil.
How do you use delimit in a sentence?
The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.ᵂᴮ
What part of speech is delimit?
Delimit is a verb.
How do you pronounce delimit?
Delimit is pronounced /dɪˈlɪmɪt/.
What is the past tense of delimit?
The past tense of delimit is delimited.

Words near delimit in the dictionary

  1. delimers
  2. delimes
  3. deliminate
  4. deliming
  5. Delimir
  6. delimit
  7. delimitable
  8. delimitably
  9. delimitate
  10. delimitated
  11. delimitates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: delimit (page history and authors); delimit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delimit (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); delimit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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