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Word of the Day Tuesday, June 9, 2026

delimiters

/dɪˈlɪmɪtərz/ noun · British & US
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What does delimiters mean?

noun

Characters or symbols used to mark the beginning and end of a unit of text, such as parentheses or quotation marks. In programming, delimiters are used to define the boundaries of a data field or a string.

Example

"The programmer used delimiters to separate the different fields in the database query."

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