limitation

Other forms of limitation

plural

limitations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about limitation

What does limitation mean?

limitation means "a principle that limits the extent of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limitation?

limitation has 4 syllables: lim-i-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for limitation?

Close synonyms include restriction, limit, restriction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limitation a common word?

limitation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with limitation?

89 words rhyme with limitation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.