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limiting
Overview of noun limiting
The noun limiting has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. modification, qualifying, limiting -- (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)
Overview of verb limit
The verb limit has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (23) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")
2. (7) limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")
3. specify, set, determine, fix, limit -- (decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters")
Overview of adj limiting
The adj limiting has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting -- (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
2. limiting -- (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/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun limiting
1 sense of limiting
Sense 1
modification, qualifying, limiting
=> grammatical relation
=> linguistic relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun limiting
1 sense of limiting
Sense 1
modification, qualifying, limiting
=> restrictiveness
=> apposition
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun limiting
1 sense of limiting
Sense 1
modification, qualifying, limiting
=> grammatical relation
Antonyms of noun limiting
Member Holonyms of noun limiting
Substance Holonyms of noun limiting
Part Holonyms of noun limiting
Member Meronyms of noun limiting
Substance Meronyms of noun limiting
Part Meronyms of noun limiting
Meronyms of noun limiting
Holonyms of noun limiting
Attributes of noun limiting
Derived Forms of noun limiting
Domain of noun limiting
Domain Terms of noun limiting
Familiarity of noun limiting
limiting used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun limiting
1 sense of limiting
Sense 1
modification, qualifying, limiting
> grammatical relation
=> agreement, concord
=> transitivity, transitiveness
=> intransitivity, intransitiveness
=> coreference
=> conjunction
=> complementation
=> coordination
=> subordination
=> modification, qualifying, limiting
=> mood, mode, modality
=> anaphoric relation
=> voice
=> inflection, inflexion
=> aspect
Meronyms of noun limiting
1 sense of limiting
Holonyms of noun limiting
Grep of noun limiting
limiting
Antonyms of verb limit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> reduce, tighten
=> tie
=> gate
=> draw the line, draw a line
=> mark off, mark out
=> rule, harness, rein
=> baffle, regulate
=> hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
=> stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
=> clamp down, crack down
=> inhibit
=> restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> hold down
=> number, keep down
=> cap
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> demarcate, delimit, delimitate
=> content
=> ration
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> quantify
=> name
=> reset
=> define
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> choose, take, select, pick out
'Cause To' of verb limit
Derived Forms of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
RELATED TO>(noun) limiter#1
=> limiter, clipper
RELATED TO>(noun) limit#1
=> limit, bound, boundary
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#4
=> limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#1
=> restriction, limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#2
=> limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#5
=> limitation, restriction
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
RELATED TO>(noun) limit#1
=> limit, bound, boundary
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#4
=> limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#1
=> restriction, limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#2
=> limitation
RELATED TO>(noun) limitation#5
=> limitation, restriction
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
RELATED TO>(noun) limit#2
=> terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit
RELATED TO>(noun) limit#1
=> limit, bound, boundary
Domain of verb limit
Domain Terms of verb limit
Familiarity of verb limit
limit used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb limit
3 senses of limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb limit
Sense 1
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 2
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 3
specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Grep of verb limit
delimit
limit
Antonyms of adj limiting
2 senses of limiting
Sense 1
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
INDIRECT (VIA restrictive) -> unrestrictive
Sense 2
limiting
INDIRECT (VIA restrictive) -> unrestrictive
Similarity of adj limiting
2 senses of limiting
Sense 1
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
=> restrictive (vs. unrestrictive)
Sense 2
limiting
=> restrictive (vs. unrestrictive)
Pertainyms of adj limiting
Attributes of adj limiting
Domain of adj limiting
1 of 2 senses of limiting
Sense 2
limiting
TOPIC>(noun) grammar#1
Domain Terms of adj limiting
Familiarity of adj limiting
limiting used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj limiting
limiting
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