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delimit

🇬🇧 UK/di'limit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To mark or establish the boundaries or limits of something

划定界限,定界

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
limitboundary, limit
=delimit

Common Collocations

  • 1.delimit boundaries划定边界
  • 2.delimit territory划定领地

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    International treaties delimit the territorial waters between neighboring countries.

  • 2.

    The property line clearly delimits where one estate ends and another begins.

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