limited

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: lim‧it‧ed

Verb

limited

1. simple past 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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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

• boundless
• endless
• infinite
• unlimited

Derived terms

• feature-limited
• limited-access highway
• limited atonement
• limited company
• limited edition
• limited hangout
• limited-liability
• limited liability
• limited liability company
• limitedly
• limited monarchy
• limitedness
• limited overs cricket
• limited partnership
• limited-slip differential
• limited-stop
• private limited liability company
• public limited company
• public limited liability company
• self-limited
• sex-limited
• time-limited

 

Translations

with certain limits placed upon it

• Arabic: مَحْدُود (maḥdūd)
• Armenian: սահմանափակ (hy) (sahmanapʻak)
• 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), mărginit (ro)
• 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