Synonyms for limiting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lim-i-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for limiting

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Définition of limiting

Origin : late 14c., from Old French limiter "mark (a boundary), restrict; specify," from Latin limitare "to bound, limit, fix," from limes "boundary, limit" (see limit (n.)). Related: limited; limiting.

verb confine, restrict

Example sentences :

But to have continued the same life would have been wrong because it would have been limiting.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

We tried to find out if there were any means of limiting the number of participators in our scheme.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

At that rate, the limiting grade for the team would be fifteen per cent.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

M. Necker is to set about correcting abuses, and limiting privileges.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Certainly; when you began I thought you were limiting the question to the case of friends.
Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon

First, the limiting of population by the will of human individuals.
Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit

To repeal the act of 1887 limiting the inheritance of personal property.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

The limiting rate is probably roughly inversely as the diameter.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

He poured out the drink, limiting the amount to the condition of the one served.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Woe to the people who are incapable of limiting the sphere of action of the State.
Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

Antonyms for limiting

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