limiting adjective

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• limiting adjective — Gram. 1. (in English and some other languages) one of a small group of adjectives that modify the nouns to which they are applied by restricting rather than describing or qualifying. This, some, and certain are limiting adjectives. 2. an… …   Universalium

• limiting adjective — Gram. 1. (in English and some other languages) one of a small group of adjectives that modify the nouns to which they are applied by restricting rather than describing or qualifying. This, some, and certain are limiting adjectives. 2. an… …   Useful english dictionary

• limiting adjective — /ˈlɪmətɪŋ ˌædʒəktɪv/ (say limuhting .ajuhktiv) noun (in English and some other languages) one of a small group of adjectives which modify the nouns to which they are applied by restricting rather than describing or qualifying. This, some, and… …  

• limiting adjective — noun an adjective that limits a noun; they include definite articles, indefinite articles, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, indefinite adjectives, interrogative adjectives, cardinal adjectives, ordinal adjectives, proper… …   Wiktionary

• limiting — /ˈlɪmətɪŋ/ (say limuhting) adjective of the nature of a limiting adjective or a restrictive clause …  

• limiting — /lim i ting/, adj. 1. serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining. 2. Gram. of the nature of a limiting adjective or a restrictive clause. [1570 80; LIMIT + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

• limiting — adjective 1 preventing any improvement or increase in something: limiting factor: A limiting factor in health care is the way resources are distributed. 2 informal preventing someone from developing and doing what they are interested in: The job… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• limiting — adjective Date: 1644 1. a. functioning as a limit ; restrictive < limiting value > b. being an environmental factor (as a nutrient) that limits the population size of an organism 2. serving to specify the application of the modified noun < this… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• limiting — I adjective checking, circumscribing, close fitting, confining, constricting, containing, curbing, hampering, hindering, impeding, repressing, restraining, restricting, restrictive, stinting, suppressing II index binding, determinative,… …   Law dictionary

• limiting — / lɪmɪtɪŋ/ adjective which limits ● a limiting clause in a contract ● The short holiday season is a limiting factor on the hotel trade …   Marketing dictionary in english

• limiting — / lɪmɪtɪŋ/ adjective which limits ● a limiting clause in a contract ● The short holiday season is a limiting factor on the hotel trade …   Dictionary of banking and finance