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/ˈlɪmɪtɪd/ English

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verb

  1. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.“I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.”
  2. To have a limit in a particular set.“The sequence limits on the point a.”
  3. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.“a limiting friar”

noun

  1. An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

adjective

  1. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
  2. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.“I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.”

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