Limited

verb

/ˈlɪmɪtɪd/

Word Frequency: 87.5

Definitions

1.verbTo restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

"I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."

2.verbTo have a limit in a particular set.

"The sequence limits on the point a."

3.verbTo beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

"a limiting friar"

4.nounAn express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

5.adjectiveWith certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

6.adjectiveOf numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.

"I have a limited understanding of quantum physics."

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