'Limited' definitions:
Definition of 'limited'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" [ant: limitless, unlimited]
adjective
Subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn: circumscribed, limited]
adjective
Including only a part
adjective
Mediocre [syn: limited, modified]
adjective
Not excessive
adjective
Having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission" [syn: limited, special]
adjective
Not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"
noun
Definition of 'Limited'
From: GCIDE
- Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[e^]d), a. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. [1913 Webster]
- Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Limited'
From: GCIDE
- Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p. pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.] To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. [1913 Webster]
- Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'limited'
From: GCIDE
- Ld \Ld.\ n. The abbreviation for limited, term appended to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; also abbreviated Ltd. It corresponds to Inc. in the United States. [Chiefly British] [abbr.]
- Syn: limited company, Ltd. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Limited'
- Limit,
- Limitable,
- Limitate,
- Limitation,
- Limitedly,
- Limiter,
- Limiting,
- Limitive,
- limits,
- off limits,
- to the limit,
- Elastic limit,
- Jail limits,
- Limited company,
- Limited liability,
- Limited partnership,
- Limiting parallels,
- Prison limits,
- Statute of limitations,
- age limit,
- auto limitation,
- city limit,
- city limits,
- debt limit,
- go the limit,
- limit point,
- limited audit,
- limited edition,
- limited review,
- limited war,
- lower limit,
- off-limits,
- speed limit,
- time limit,
- upper limit,
- Lunar ecliptic limit,
- Solar ecliptic limit,
- To know one's own limitations,
- lower-limit,
- self-limited,
- sex-limited,
- strategic arms limitation talks,
- the three-mile limit,
- three-mile limit