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 Definitions of limiting  [ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'limiting' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) limiting
serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.

2.  limiting
(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.

Etymology:  (1570–80)

Definition of 'limiting' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) modification, qualifying, limiting
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

2. (adj) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
restricting the scope or freedom of action

3. (adj) limiting
strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
"the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"


Definition of 'limiting' Webster Dictionary 

1.  limiting
of Limit



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