demarcate
demarcated; demarcating; demarcates
To demarcate is to set or draw a boundary, like that of a country. It can also mean to separate clearly in other ways.
When you demarcate, you’re creating a boundary. Election officials who create or change boundaries between districts are demarcating. Demarcating usually starts with making lines on a map, but those lines have power in the world, as they change the size of a district, state, country, or other place. The word can be used more broadly for creating other types of separation. At work, a boss could demarcate which employees are responsible for which work, which is another kind of separation.
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set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
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synonyms:
delimit, delimitate
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type of:
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circumscribe, confine, limit
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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circumscribe, confine, limit
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separate clearly, as if by boundaries
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type of:
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differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
mark as different
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differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart
Vocabulary lists containing demarcate
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To illustrate his thesis that math is the foundation of human progress, Alex Bellos details achievements throughout time and cultures.
In this prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy, Coriolanus Snow mentors a tribute in the 10th Hunger Games.
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