limiting

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    n.

  • the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase; modification, qualifying

    adj.

  • restricting the scope or freedom of action; confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting
  • 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

    n.

  • the greatest possible degree of something; bound, boundary

    what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior

    to the limit of his ability

  • final or latest limiting point; terminus ad quem, terminal point
  • the boundary of a specific area; demarcation, demarcation line
  • as far as something can go
  • the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity; limit point, point of accumulation
  • the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; limitation

    there are limits on the amount you can bet

    it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

limits|limited|limiting
syn.: boundary confine end extreme restriction tip