In the game of Go, the stones are motionless; they remain in their positions like sentries defending the territory that they help to delimit.
Source: tatoeba (10349544)
Delimit
//dɪˈlɪmɪt//
Synonyms for "delimit" (97 found)
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25 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- определям граница verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- разграничавам verb (to demarcate)
- разделям verb (to demarcate)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سنور پێدان verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Danish
1 entries- afgrænse verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Finnish
2 entries- rajata verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- rajata verb (to demarcate)
Galician
3 entries- demarcar verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- derregar verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- estremar verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
German
1 entries- eingrenzen verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Greek
2 entries- οριοθετώ verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- οροθετώ verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Irish
1 entries- teorannaigh verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Italian
3 entries- delimitare verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- demarcare verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- fissare verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Portuguese
3 entries- deliminar verb (to demarcate)
- delimitar verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- demarcar verb (to demarcate)
Russian
2 entries- разграни́чивать verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- размежёвывать verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
Spanish
3 entries- delimitar verb (to mark or fix the limits of)
- delimitar verb (to demarcate)
- demarcar verb (to demarcate)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Go is played on a board with the same number of vertical and horizontal lines, including the lines that delimit the board. The most used boards are those with 9x9, 13x13, and 19x19 lines.
Source: tatoeba (10355803)
Near-synonyms: (literal) demarcate; (figurative) limit, constrain
Source: wiktionary
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Source: wiktionary
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