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limiting   (TTS Sound)

The noun limiting has 1 sense

• modification, qualifying, limiting -- (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)

The verb limit has 3 senses

• restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")


• limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")


• specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit -- (decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters")

The adj limiting has 2 senses

• confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting -- (restricting the scope or freedom of action)


• 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")