DELIMITATE

demarcate, delimit, delimitate

(verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate

(verb) determine the essential quality of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

delimitate (third-person singular simple present delimitates, present participle delimitating, simple past and past participle delimitated)

To delimit, especially in the computing sense.

Source: Wiktionary



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18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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