Synonyms for limiting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lim-i-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for limiting Other synonyms for the word limiting
Définition of limiting
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French limiter "mark (a boundary), restrict; specify," from Latin limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: limited; limiting.
- verb confine, restrict
- But to have continued the same life would have been wrong because it would have been limiting.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- We tried to find out if there were any means of limiting the number of participators in our scheme.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- At that rate, the limiting grade for the team would be fifteen per cent.
- Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
- M. Necker is to set about correcting abuses, and limiting privileges.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Certainly; when you began I thought you were limiting the question to the case of friends.
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- First, the limiting of population by the will of human individuals.
- Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
- To repeal the act of 1887 limiting the inheritance of personal property.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- The limiting rate is probably roughly inversely as the diameter.
- Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
- He poured out the drink, limiting the amount to the condition of the one served.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- Woe to the people who are incapable of limiting the sphere of action of the State.
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
Antonyms for limiting
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