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発音

• IPA: /dɪˈlɪmɪt/
• 韻: -ɪmɪt

動詞

delimit (third-person singular simple present delimits, present participle delimiting, simple past and past participle delimited)

1. (transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.

   Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain

   Data items in the computer file were delimited by commas.

   The square brackets delimit the list, and individual elements are separated by commas.

   The possibilities for new automotive features are vast but are practically delimited by costs of development and manufacturing.

派生語

関連する語

• limit
• limitation
• delimitation
• delimiter

参考

• unlimit (to remove limits)

Further reading

• “delimit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “delimit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• limited, melitid