LIMITING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limiting mean? 

• LIMITING (noun)
  The noun LIMITING has 1 sense:

1. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

  Familiarity information: LIMITING used as a noun is very rare.

• LIMITING (adjective)
  The adjective LIMITING has 2 senses:

1. restricting the scope or freedom of action

2. strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase

  Familiarity information: LIMITING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMITING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

limiting; modification; qualifying

Hypernyms ("limiting" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limiting"):

restrictiveness (a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning than 'hat'))

apposition (a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows)

• LIMITING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restricting the scope or freedom of action

Synonyms:

confining; constraining; constrictive; limiting; restricting

Similar:

restrictive (serving to restrict)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase

Context example:

the restrictive clause in 'Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause

Similar:

restrictive (serving to restrict)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

 Context examples 

This process is involved in limiting the persistence of circulating antibodies and in maintaining an active antibody repertoire against recently exposed antigens.

(Negative Regulation of Antibody Titer, NCI Thesaurus)

This subnetwork acts as a mechanism to prevent damage by limiting the spread of electrical dysfunction to smaller regions.

(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)

Any substance that inhibits dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, a rate limiting enzyme in the degradation of pyrimidines.

(Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatments include medicines to control dizziness, limiting salt in your diet, and taking water pills.

(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Glutamate-cysteine ligase, also known as gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase is the first rate limiting enzyme of glutathione synthesis.

(Gamma-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Thus, it produces a self-limiting infection which does not produce symptoms or harm the host.

(ALVAC, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent shows minimal activity against wild-type EGFR, hence does not cause certain dose-limiting toxicities.

(EGFR Inhibitor CO-1686, NCI Thesaurus)

TPH, the rate-limiting enzyme in serotonin biosynthesis, is overexpressed in carcinoid tumor cells.

(Carbon C 14 Telotristat Etiprate, NCI Thesaurus)

Limiting foods rich in dietary cholesterol, such as eggs, may be important to consider when choosing a healthy eating pattern.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The eruptions are usually generalized, affecting chiefly the trunk, and the course is often self-limiting.

(Pityriasis Rosea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)