limited
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1.9
- adjective
- /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/
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limitado
- The therapy should be time-limited and focused on concrete resolution of problems.
- limited in scope
- a limited role
- limited application
Yeah, but you, you're not limited to bipedal.
- Yeah, but you, you're not limited to bipedal.
- And this conversation isn't limited to just dating relationships.
- What constitutional or limited government values have you conserved?
- Like we limited to urban AC and that's it.
- But the, the seminar is not limited to people in the army.
- But the underlying principle is not limited at all to this organization only.
- So that method is limited to cases where we have a clear distinction.
- So it was not limited to a single island, but then and over parts of the continent.
Examples
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Yeah, but you, you're not limited to bipedal.
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We can raise money through limited partnerships.
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So as you can see, this is not limited to one part of the world.
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"We here in Chicago have an important but limited role in the magazine," she said.
Fiction book (1997) -
So simple tools with limited functions.
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The Constitution ensures limited government.
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Countries need a central bank to fill the limited role of a LOLR in a financial panic.
Academic text (1999) -
However, Montaigne's private sphere is more limited than the present-day concept of freedom of conscience.
Academic text (1999) -
Acquired tracheal diverticulum is a rare clinical entity with only limited reports in the literature.
Academic text (2008) -
The company's resources are limited, focusing only on a specific market segment.
Synonyms
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5.4
Only for one person, group, or purpose and not shared
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2.6
Limited in range or what it covers, often about ideas
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4.6
Not fully complete because of limits or conditions
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4.7
Limits what people can do by rules or laws
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3.9
Limited so only certain people can see or use it
Limited to a certain area or set of things
Kept within fixed limits that stop it from going further
Found only in one small area
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
Owners are responsible for a company's debts only up to the money they invested
- Specialized
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7.1
A war fought to reach small, certain goals without trying to destroy the enemy
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3.4
A company where owners only lose the money they invest if the business owes money
- Specialized
A check of company accounts that is less complete than an audit, giving some confidence they are correct
An area that runs its own government but most countries do not accept it as a country
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Limited is built from limit ('boundary') plus the ending -ed, so it literally means 'having a boundary'. That's why a limited role or power is one that is kept to a particular area or function.