demarcation

Other forms of demarcation

plural

demarcations·

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 demarcation

What does demarcation mean?

demarcation means "the boundary of a specific area". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demarcation?

demarcation has 4 syllables: de-mar-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌdimɑɹˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for demarcation?

Close synonyms include limit, demarcation line, line, dividing line, contrast. 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 demarcation a common word?

demarcation 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.

What rhymes with demarcation?

104 words rhyme with demarcation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.