Meaning of LIMITING
Pronunciation: | | 'limiting
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- [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"
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| Synonyms: | | confining, constraining, constrictive, modification, qualifying, restricting, restrictive |
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| See Also: | | apposition, grammatical relation, restrictiveness | |
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| Related Terms: | | 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 |
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