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Antonyms for delimitation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-lim-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlɪm ɪˌteɪt |
Definition of delimitation
Origin :- 1836, from French délimitation (18c.), noun of action from délimiter (see delimit).
- As in confinement : noun imprisonment; restriction
- As in definition : noun description
- As in demarcation : noun boundary, division
- Once more there is a difficulty of delimitation which will have to be fully sifted.
- Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
- I do not pretend that this delimitation solves all problems.
- Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
- In 1280 there was a delimitation of the land belonging to church and commune.
- Extract from : « The Shores of the Adriatic » by F. Hamilton Jackson
- But the delimitation of the frontier of Burma is not yet complete.
- Extract from : « An Australian in China » by George Ernest Morrison
- The delimitation is thus a quite natural and scientific one, coinciding pretty closely to the water-parting of the two countries.
- Extract from : « In the Border Country » by W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
- The chief towns are Berwick and Alnwick, Hexham being outside our present delimitation.
- Extract from : « In the Border Country » by W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
- Many other words connected with the delimitation of property occur commonly in surnames.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
- The delimitation of the land into districts, each subject to its own tribunal, was naturally a work of time.
- Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea
- A sea-frontier sometimes makes a less, sometimes a more, effective line of delimitation.
- Extract from : « The Framework of Home Rule » by Erskine Childers
- These two organ-systems vary in harmony, and their characters must form the basis for the delimitation of the great groups.
- Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Synonyms for delimitation
- analogue
- annotation
- answer
- bonds
- bound
- bounding
- bounds
- characterization
- check
- circumscription
- clarification
- clue
- coercion
- comment
- commentary
- confine
- constrainment
- constraint
- control
- cramp
- cue
- curb
- custody
- delimitation
- delineation
- demarcation
- denotation
- detention
- determination
- diagnosis
- differentiation
- distinction
- drift
- elucidation
- enclosure
- exemplification
- explanation
- explication
- exposition
- expounding
- fixing
- formalization
- gloss
- immuration
- incarceration
- individuation
- internment
- interpretation
- jail
- keeping
- key
- limit
- limitation
- margin
- outlining
- rationale
- rendering
- rendition
- representation
- repression
- safekeeping
- separation
- settling
- signification
- solution
- split
- statement of meaning
- terminology
- terminus
- trammels
- translation
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