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delimitative

delimitative adjective: serving to delimit.

Adjective

delimitative (not comparable)

  1. Serving to delimit
    • a delimitative pause in speech, corresponding to a comma in writing

Origin of delimitative

From delimit + -ative.

Questions about delimitative

What does delimitative mean?
Delimitative means serving to delimit.
What part of speech is delimitative?
Delimitative is an adjective.

Words near delimitative in the dictionary

  1. delimitated
  2. delimitates
  3. delimitating
  4. delimitation
  5. delimitations
  6. delimitative
  7. delimitator
  8. delimitators
  9. delimited
  10. delimited continuation
  11. delimited continuations

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