DictionaryThesaurusScrabbleExamplesQuiz

limited meaning

EN[ˈlɪmɪtɪd]
US
WLimited
  • Limited may refer to:
  • Limited company, a company in which the liability of its members is limited to what they have invested in the company
  • Limited liability company, a limited company that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures - primarily in the United States
  • Private company limited by shares, a limited company whose shares are not public - primarily in Commonwealth countries
  • Private company limited by guarantee, primarily for non-profit organisations - in Britain and Ireland
  • Public limited company, a limited company whose shares are sold to the public - primarily in Commonwealth countries

    Definition of limited in English Dictionary

  • NounPLlimiteds
    1. (railroad) A train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
    2. Verb
      1. simple past tense and past participle of limit.
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore limitedSUPmost limited
        1. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
          1. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.
            1. I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • BioVelocity could not run on normal cluster architectures with limited memory, or would take orders of magnitude longer if secondary storage were used for the kmer hash tables.
            • This operon is present in only a limited number of strains belonging to genomospecies 1, and it has been acquired once during evolution by horizontal transfer [21 ,22 ].
            • In addition, we show that the habitat networks of a limited set of species can be combined into a single network which accounts for their autoecological requirements.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • Several cell-specific aptamers have been used for gene delivery, but an aptamer-conjugated nanocomplex used in the treatment of NSCLC is limited.
            • There is too, at this point in time, an aesthetic disadvantage to filmsetting in that the range of type faces specially designed for it is still extremely limited.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
              • Verbs
                • Verb forms
                  • Participles
                    • Past participles
                    • Verb simple past forms
                Related Links:
                1. en limitedness
                2. en limiteds
                3. en limitedly
                4. en limited company
                5. en limited monarchy
                Source: Wiktionary

                Meaning of limited for the defined word.

                Grammatically, this word "limited" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
                Difficultness: Level 1
                12345678910
                Easy     ➨     Difficult
                Definiteness: Level 1
                12345678910
                Definite    ➨     Versatile
                0.125