mark out

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

mark out - set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory" mark off confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

Translations

? mark out

vt sep

tennis court etc → abstecken

(= note) → bestimmen (for für); he’s been marked out for promotion → er ist zur Beförderung vorgesehen; the area has been marked out for special government grants → für das Gebiet sind besondere staatliche Zuschüsse vorgesehen

(= identify) his speeches have marked him out as a communist → aus seinen Reden kann man schließen, dass er Kommunist ist; what marks this example out as being different? → worin unterscheidet sich dieses Beispiel?