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demarcating

demarcating is the present participle and gerund of demarcate.

Meaning of demarcate

Verb

demarcate (third-person singular simple present demarcates, present participle demarcating, simple past and past participle demarcated)

  1. To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
    • Small Committees of officials are frequently appointed in advance to consider the geographical, topographical, and ethnological evidence that is forthcoming, and to construct a tentative line for their respective Governments; this, after much debate, is embodied in a treaty, which provides for the...1907, George Curzon, Frontiers
  2. To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.

Questions about demarcating

What is demarcating the present participle and gerund of?
Demarcating is the present participle and gerund of demarcate.

Words near demarcating in the dictionary

  1. demarc extensions
  2. demarcatable
  3. demarcate
  4. demarcated
  5. demarcates
  6. demarcating
  7. demarcation
  8. demarcation line
  9. demarcation lines
  10. demarcation potential
  11. demarcation potentials

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