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Dictionary: de·mar·cate   (dĭ-mär'kāt', dē'mär-kāt') pronunciation
 
tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
  1. To set the boundaries of; delimit.
  2. To separate clearly as if by boundaries; distinguish: demarcate categories.

[Back-formation from DEMARCATION.]

demarcator de·mar'ca'tor n.
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verb

    To fix the limits of: bound, delimit, delimitate, determine, limit, mark (off or out), measure. See limited/unlimited.

 
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: separate clearly; as if by boundaries

Meaning #2: set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  Synonyms: delimit, delimitate


 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - demarkere, afgrænse, drage grænse for

Nederlands (Dutch)
demarqueren (afbakenen)

Français (French)
v. tr. - délimiter

Deutsch (German)
v. - demarkieren, abgrenzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οριοθετώ, προσδιορίζω τα σύνορα

Italiano (Italian)
demarcare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - demarcar

Русский (Russian)
разграничивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - demarcar, marcar las diferencias

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avgränsa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
定界线, 区别, 限定

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 定界線, 區別, 限定

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 범위를 정하다, 구별하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 限界を定める, 区別する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصلح أو يحدد حدود شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תחם, ציין גבולות‬


 
 
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