Antonyms for limiting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lim-i-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ


Definition 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

Synonyms for limiting

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