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English
Etymology
Back-formation from demarcation.
Pronunciation
Verb
demarcate (third-person singular simple present demarcates, present participle demarcating, simple past and past participle demarcated)
- To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
1907, George Curzon, Frontiers: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 appointment of Commissioners to demarcate the line upon the spot and submit it for ratification by the principals.
- To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
mark the limits or boundaries of something
- Bulgarian: разграничавам (bg) (razgraničavam)
- Czech: vymezit pf, ohraničit pf, vytyčit hranici
- Dutch: afbakenen (nl)
- Galician: derregar, estremar (gl), demarcar, delindar
- German: abgrenzen (de)
- Greek: οροθετώ (el) (orothetó), διαχωρίζω (el) (diachorízo)
- Icelandic: afmarka
- Italian: demarcare (it)
- Portuguese: demarcar (pt), delimitar (pt)
- Romanian: demarca (ro)
- Russian: разграни́чивать (ru) (razgraníčivatʹ)
- Slovak: ohraničiť, demarkovať, vytýčiť hranice, vyznačiť
- Swedish: avgränsa (sv)
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Further reading
- “demarcate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “demarcate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
demarcate
- inflection of demarcare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
demarcate f pl
- feminine plural of demarcato
Spanish
Verb
demarcate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of demarcar combined with te