Demarcate is an English word with synonyms like distinguish or circumscribe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Demarcate meaning
- To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
- To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
Synonyms of Demarcate
Using Demarcate
- The main meaning on this page is: To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit. | To mark the difference between two causes of action; to distinguish.
- Useful related words include: distinguish, circumscribe, limit, delimitate.
- In the example corpus, demarcate often appears in combinations such as: to demarcate, demarcate the, and demarcate.
Context around Demarcate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Demarcate
- In this selection, "demarcate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jointly, areas, low and major stand out and add context to how "demarcate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include agreed to demarcate this boundary and and jointly demarcate the border. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "demarcate" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with demarcate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
People use the stem-branches to demarcate the years. (9 words)
An agreement earlier this month to pull back troops, and jointly demarcate the border, apparently failed. (16 words)
One of the remaining sticking points in their discussions is how to delimit and demarcate the long Armenian-Azerbaijani border. (20 words)
Demarcate the area of the outdoor room — and make it feel like a destination that stands apart from the rest of the terrace or yard — by changing the flooring material where the furniture will be placed. (36 words)
It’s not just the nostalgia or artwork that demarcate some of the more sought-after packets, as some of the smallest-production runs have been devoted to playful gimmicks and promotional tie-ins. (34 words)
Currently, there are 26 county level, 3 city level and 2 city and county entities – the modern equivalent of counties corporate – that are used to demarcate areas of local government in the Republic. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of the remaining sticking points in their discussions is how to delimit and demarcate the long Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Plastic bollards put up to demarcate these points on the expressway have already been damaged which has made the stretch more dangerous.
Initial efforts to demarcate the area to be expanded commenced, with three kilometers of fencing slated for completion by end February.
On May 23, the Russian border guard 25 buoys from Estonian waters used to demarcate the border between the two counties.
An agreement earlier this month to pull back troops, and jointly demarcate the border, apparently failed.
Demarcate the area of the outdoor room — and make it feel like a destination that stands apart from the rest of the terrace or yard — by changing the flooring material where the furniture will be placed.
The prince noted that Lebanon has also sought to demarcate its borders with Israel as part of a new peace agreement.
It’s not just the nostalgia or artwork that demarcate some of the more sought-after packets, as some of the smallest-production runs have been devoted to playful gimmicks and promotional tie-ins.
The CC will then conduct a quality check of the commodity and demarcate the area in the warehouse where the exchange-deliverable goods are stored.
The ambassador also stressed the need to demarcate the 3,448-km-long disputed border, which is the root cause of friction between India and China.
After the harsh methods employed in consolidating his control, the change in name served to demarcate his benign reign as Augustus from his reign of terror as Octavian.
Currently, there are 26 county level, 3 city level and 2 city and county entities – the modern equivalent of counties corporate – that are used to demarcate areas of local government in the Republic.
In May 2008, residents along the western Ethiopian border reportedly discovered that the government had agreed to demarcate this boundary when Sudanese soldiers forced them out of their homes.
Liveries Transit buses are normally painted to identify the operator or a route, function, or to demarcate low-cost or premium service buses.
People use the stem-branches to demarcate the years.
Popper thus identifies falsifiability to demarcate not meaningful from meaningless but simply scientific from unscientific—a label not in itself unfavorable.
Recently Tunisia signed an agreement with Algeria in order to demarcate more exactly the maritime frontier between the two countries.
Tarski's proposal was to demarcate the logical notions by considering all possible one-to-one transformations ( automorphisms ) of a domain onto itself.
The division of earth history into separate periods is largely based on visible changes in sedimentary rock layers that demarcate major changes in conditions.
The successes of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero make it difficult to demarcate the boundary between "Mainland Chinese" cinema and a more international-based "Chinese-language cinema".
Common combinations with demarcate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to demarcate 14×
- demarcate the 10×
- and demarcate 2×
- that demarcate 2×