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adjective
- 1. setting or serving as a limit to something: "a limiting factor"
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limiting. adjective. uk / ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪŋ / us / ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list. preventing you from having much choice: Not eating meat or fish can be very limiting when you go to a restaurant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Limiting and restricting. anti-libertarian. armlock. boundary. box someone out. box someone/something in.
The meaning of LIMITING is functioning as a limit : restrictive. How to use limiting in a sentence.
Limiting definition: serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.. See examples of LIMITING used in a sentence.
noun. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase. synonyms: modification, qualifying. see more. see less. types: restrictiveness. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') apposition.
the amount of something that is enough and not too much: Three cocktails are my limit. I won't have any more - I know my limit! the limit old-fashioned informal. something that is very annoying or not convenient: And now you're cutting your toenails in bed! That really is the limit!
1. a. : something that bounds, restrains, or confines. the age limit for junior golf. b. : the utmost extent. pushed her body to the limit. 2. a. : a geographic or political boundary. b. limits plural : the place enclosed within a boundary : bounds. into the limits of the North they came John Milton. 3. : limitation.
1. serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining. 2. (of an adjective or other modifier) serving to restrict, rather than describe, the word it modifies, as this in this room or certain in a certain person. Compare descriptive (def. 2a).
