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delimiting

delimiting is the present participle and gerund of delimit.

Meaning of delimit

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

Noun

delimiting (plural delimitings)

  1. The act or point of something being delimited.
    • The age span implicit in these delimitings of the onset and end of adolescence is fairly variable.1977, Guy J. Manaster, Adolescent Development and the Life Tasks, page 9

Adjective

delimiting

  1. That serves to delimit.

Forms of delimiting

pluraldelimitings

Words formed from delimiting

  • delimiting keratotomy

Questions about delimiting

What does delimiting mean?
Delimiting means the act or point of something being delimited.
What is delimiting the present participle and gerund of?
Delimiting is the present participle and gerund of delimit.
What part of speech is delimiting?
Delimiting can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of delimiting?
The plural of delimiting is delimitings.

Words near delimiting in the dictionary

  1. delimited continuation
  2. delimited continuations
  3. delimiter
  4. delimiterless
  5. delimiters
  6. delimiting
  7. delimitings
  8. delimits
  9. Delina
  10. delindeite
  11. deline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delimiting (page history and authors); delimit (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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