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Pronunciation / Transliteration: demarcation
"La démarcation entre les deux pays est nettement tracée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The action or process of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
"The clear demarcation of responsibilities helped the team work more efficiently."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 18th century: from Spanish demarcación, from demarchar 'to mark out', from de- 'down, from' + marcha 'boundary'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "demarcation" is said worldwide
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démarcation
Transliteration: demarcation
"La démarcation entre les deux pays est nettement tracée."
Abgrenzung
Transliteration: Abgrenzung
"Die klare Abgrenzung der Zuständigkeiten ist wichtig."
demarcazione
Transliteration: demarcazione
"La demarcazione dei confini è stata stabilita dal trattato."
demarcación
Transliteration: demarcacion
"La demarcación de la zona protegida es estricta."
demarcação
Transliteration: demarcacao
"A demarcação das terras indígenas foi aprovada."
सीमांकन
Transliteration: seemankan
"दोनों क्षेत्रों के बीच सीमांकन स्पष्ट होना चाहिए।"
划界
Transliteration: huàjiè
"两国之间的边界划界已经完成。"
경계
Transliteration: gyeonggye
"업무 간의 명확한 경계가 필요하다."
境界線
Transliteration: kyōkaisen
"両部門の責任の境界線は曖昧だ。"
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