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DEMARCATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

Synonyms:

delimit; delimitate; demarcate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "demarcate" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

demarcation (the boundary of a specific area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Separate clearly, as if by boundaries

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "demarcate" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

demarcation (a conceptual separation or distinction)

demarcation (the boundary of a specific area)

Credits

 Context examples: 

An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a widely distributed, well-demarcated hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles.

(Diffuse Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Often cystic with a well demarcated pushing margin.

(Mouse Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

IFITM1 Protein appears to demarcate germ cells from somatic neighbors and to mark the onset of germ cell competence.

(Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Any demarcated area of the Earth; may be determined by both natural and human boundaries.

(Geographic Area, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscopic procedure that visualizes a part of the gastrointestinal tract to first identify and demarcate superficial mucosal lesions, then to guide a submucosal injection to the site to lift the lesion and finally to aid in the removal of the lesion.

(Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, NCI Thesaurus)