demarcate
verb /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/
/ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they demarcate | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it demarcates | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪts/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪts/ |
| past simple demarcated | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle demarcated | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form demarcating | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- demarcate something to mark or establish the limits of something
- Plots of land have been demarcated by barbed wire.
- The police demarcated the city into eighteen geographical divisions.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: back-formation from demarcation.