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Limiting

Limiting Meaning & Definition
Limiting Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Limiting?

[n] the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
[adj] restricting the scope or freedom of action
[adj] (grammar) 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Limiting: confining | constraining | constrictive | modification | qualifying | restricting | restrictive

Related Terms | Find terms related to Limiting: altering | assuasive | bordering | borderline | boundary | bounding | caudal | claustral | coastal | conclusive | confining | cramping | defining | definitive | determinant | determinative | determining | enclosing | endmost | eventual | exclusive | extenuating | extenuatory | extreme | farthest | final | fringing | frontier | last | lenitive | limbic | liminal | limit | limitary | limitative | littoral | marginal | mitigating | mitigative | mitigatory | modificatory | modifying | modulatory | narrowing | palliative | parietal | polar | qualificative | qualificatory | qualifying | restricting | restrictive | rimming | skirting | softening | surrounding | tail | terminal | terminating | terminative | threshold | ultimate

See Also | apposition | grammatical relation | restrictiveness

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