noun
Meaning 1
A limitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
limiting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/
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General-American: [ˈlɪmɪɾɪŋ]
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 M AH0 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of limit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
restricting the scope or freedom of action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modification, qualifying
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grammatical relation
Narrower terms: restrictiveness, apposition
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Real reading context