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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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| Definition of 'limiting' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. limiting
of Limit
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