delimitate

Other forms of delimitate

past tense

delimitated·

present participle

delimitating·

third person

delimitates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about delimitate

What does delimitate mean?

delimitate means "determine the essential quality of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delimitate?

delimitate has 4 syllables: de-li-mi-tate. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for delimitate?

Close synonyms include specify, define, delineate, delimit, demarcate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is delimitate a common word?

delimitate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.