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limiting

3.9

Giving information that shows exactly which person or thing is meant

adjective
/ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/

Specialized

: restrictivo

Her application included a limiting clause that specified the duration of the project.

Examples

Using a limiting phrase in your writing can clarify your argument and focus the reader’s attention.
The teacher provided a limiting definition to help the students understand the concept better.
So I'll show you some limiting some extreme cases of this.
That is the limiting reagent, right?
OK, so so today's lecture is still about these limiting cases.
To assume that only this "language of ambiguous similarity" can help locate the "culturally specific" and the "universally similar" appears to be both limiting and limited.

Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

qualifying

vslimiting

Specialized

56 6.2

A word or phrase that changes the meaning of another word in a sentence

specifies a modifier's range or reference within clauses

restrictive

vslimiting

52 4.7

Limits what people can do by rules or laws

is used in grammar to specify a modifier's exact reference or scope

Antonyms

broadening

3 3.5

A change that makes something wider or includes more things

Compounds

career-limiting move

7.7

A choice or action that makes it harder for you to get promoted

How Restrictive

limiting

Specialized

3.9

nonrestrictive clause

Specialized

6.8

Surface Forms

limiting positive

Morphology

limiting = limit (transparent) = limit + ing

Formed by the productive suffix '-ing' on 'limit'; the grammatical/technical use narrows the context but the basic meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Limiting in grammar comes from the same root as limit, which means a 'boundary'. Think of a box around certain words: a limiting clause puts a fence around the words it describes, so the sentence refers to only those things and is more exact.