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English adjective: limiting | |||
| 1. | limiting restricting the scope or freedom of action | ||
| Synonyms | confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting | ||
| Similar | restrictive | ||
| Antonyms | unrestrictive | ||
| 2. | limiting strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | restrictive | ||
| Domain category | grammar | ||
| Antonyms | unrestrictive | ||
English noun: limiting | |||
| 1. | limiting the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | ||
| Synonyms | modification, qualifying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grammatical relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apposition, restrictiveness | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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