Limitation

  • 11limitation — [n] restraint, disadvantage bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint …

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  • 12limitation — Limitation, Modification, Restriction, Praescriptio, et Praescriptum, Budaeus …

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  • 13limitation — [lim΄i tā′shən] n. [ME limitacioun < OFr limitacion < L limitatio] 1. a limiting or being limited 2. something that limits, as some factor in makeup which restricts the scope of a person s activity or accomplishment; qualification 3. Law a… …

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  • 14limitation — Restriction or circumspection; settling an estate or property. A certain time allowed by a statute for bringing litigation (see statute of limitations, below). The provisions of state constitution are not a grant but a limitation of legislative… …

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  • 15limitation — Restriction or circumspection; settling an estate or property. A certain time allowed by a statute for bringing litigation (see statute of limitations, below). The provisions of state constitution are not a grant but a limitation of legislative… …

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  • 16limitation — noun 1 limiting of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ fundamental, important, major, serious, severe, significant, strict ▪ damage (esp. BrE) …

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  • 17limitation — [[t]lɪ̱mɪte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] limitations 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n The limitation of something is the act or process of controlling or reducing it. All the talk had been about the limitation of nuclear weapons. ...damage limitation. 2) N …

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  • 18limitation — lim|i|ta|tion W3 [ˌlımıˈteıʃən] n 1.) [U] the act or process of controlling or reducing something limitation to ▪ Any limitation to the king s power could be permanent. ▪ a nuclear limitation treaty →damage limitation at ↑damage1 (3) 2.) …

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  • 19limitation */*/ — UK [ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms limitation : singular limitation plural limitations 1) a) [countable] a rule or situation that puts a limit on something limitation on: We plan to impose limitations on the use of cars in the city.… …

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  • 20Limitation — Der Begriff Limitation (aus dem lateinischen limes „Grenze“) bezeichnet: allgemein eine Ein oder Begrenzung die Bestimmung der Grenzen einer antiken Siedlung, allgemeiner die antike Feldmesskunst, siehe Limitation (Vermessung) die Begrenzung des… …

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