limited

limited

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: lim‧it‧ed

Verb

limited

1. simple past tense and past participle of limit

Adjective

limited (comparative more limited, superlative most limited)

1. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
2. Restricted, small, few, not plentiful.

   There are limited places available. Enrol now or you will miss out.

   I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

Synonyms

• finite

Antonyms

• endless
• infinite
• unlimited

Derived terms

• feature-limited
• limited edition
• limited-stop
• time-limited

Related terms

• limitedly
• limitedness

Translations

with certain limits placed upon it

Arabic: مَحْدُود‎ (maḥdūd) Armenian: սահմանափակ (hy) (sahmanapʿak) Azerbaijani: məhdud Belarusian: абмежава́ны (abmježavány) Bulgarian: ограниче́н (bg) (ograničén) Chinese: Mandarin: 有限的 (zh) (yǒuxiàn de) Czech: omezený (cs) Danish: begrænset Dutch: begrensd (nl), beperkt (nl) Finnish: rajoitettu (fi) French: limité (fr) Georgian: შეზღუდული (šezɣuduli), ლიმიტირებული (limiṭirebuli) German: begrenzt (de), beschränkt (de) Greek: περιορισμένος (el) (periorisménos) Hebrew: מוגבל \\ מֻגְבָּל‎ (mugbál) Hungarian: korlátolt (hu), korlátozott (hu) Indonesian: terbatas (id) Irish: teoranta Italian: limitato (it) Japanese: 限られた (ja) (かぎられた, kagirareta), 有限の (ja) (ゆうげんの, yūgen no) Korean: 제한된 (ko) (jehandoen), 유한의 (ko) (yuhanui) Latin: fīnītus (la), dēfinītus Latvian: ierobežots Macedonian: ограничен (ograničen) Malayalam: പരിമിതമായ (parimitamāya), പരിമിത (ml) (parimita) Maori: taparere Norwegian: Bokmål: begrenset (no), begrensa Plautdietsch: beschrenkjt, bejrenst Polish: ograniczony (pl) Portuguese: limitado (pt) Romanian: limitat (ro) m or n, mărginit (ro) m or n Russian: ограни́ченный (ru) (ograníčennyj) Sanskrit: अन्तवत् (sa) (antavat) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: огра̀ничен Roman: ogràničen (sh) Slovak: obmedzený, ohraničený Slovene: omejen Spanish: limitado (es) Swedish: begränsad (sv), inskränkt (sv), hjälplig (sv) Turkish: sınırlı (tr), tahdit edilmiş (obsolescent) Ukrainian: обме́жений (obméženyj)

See also

• Ltd.

Noun

limited (plural limiteds)

1. (rail transport) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

References

• limited on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• delimit, melitid