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Webster 1913 Edition
Limited
Lim′it-ed
(lĭm′ĭt-ĕd)
, Adj.
Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted;
as, our views of nature are very
. limited
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Limited
LIM'ITED
, pp.1.
Bounded; circumscribed; restrained.2.
a. Narrow; circumscribed. Our views of nature are very limited.Definition 2024
limited
limited
English
Verb
limited
- simple past tense and past participle of limit
Adjective
limited (comparative more limited, superlative most limited)
- With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.
- I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.
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with certain limits placed upon it
Noun
limited (plural limiteds)