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limited

verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd//
  • Canada//ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd//
  • Canada/[ˈlɪm.ɪ.ɾɪd]/
  • Australia//ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd//
  • Australia/[ˈlɪm.ɪ.ɾɪd]/

With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of limitsimple past and past participle of limit

adjective

  1. 1

    With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

  2. 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.

    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.

noun

  1. 1

    An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

    Twentieth Century Limited

Forms

plural
limiteds
comparative
more limited
superlative
most limited
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).