limiting

1. 1.

   the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

   Synonymsmodificationqualifying

   Broadergrammatical relation

   Narrowerrestrictivenessapposition

Other forms of limiting

plural

limitings·

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 limiting

What does limiting mean?

limiting means "restricting the scope or freedom of action". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in limiting?

limiting has 3 syllables: lim-i-ting. The stress falls on "lim". In IPA it is /ˈlɪmətɪŋ/.

What is another word for limiting?

Close synonyms include confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting, modification. 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 limiting a common word?

limiting 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.