Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of limit
comparative more limited · superlative most limited
- With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
- Restricted, small, few, not plentiful.
I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.
2 more examples
There are limited places available. Enrol now or you will miss out.
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.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
plural limiteds
- rail transportAn express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
Twentieth Century Limited
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesubject to limits or subjected to limits
adjectiveincluding only a part
adjectivenot excessive
adjectivenot unlimited
nounpublic transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَحْدُود
- مَحْدُود (maḥdūd)with certain limits placed upon it
Bulgarian ограниче́н
- ограниче́н (ograničén)with certain limits placed upon it
Chinese Mandarin 有限的
- 有限的 (yǒuxiàn de)with certain limits placed upon it
Czech omezený
- omezenýwith certain limits placed upon it
Danish begrænset
- begrænsetwith certain limits placed upon it
Dutch begrensd, beperkt
- begrensdwith certain limits placed upon it
- beperktwith certain limits placed upon it
Finnish rajoitettu
- rajoitettuwith certain limits placed upon it
French limité
- limitéwith certain limits placed upon it
German begrenzt, beschränkt
- begrenztwith certain limits placed upon it
- beschränktwith certain limits placed upon it
Greek περιορισμένος
- περιορισμένος (periorisménos)with certain limits placed upon it
Hebrew מוגבל \ מֻגְבָּל
- מוגבל \ מֻגְבָּל (mugbál)with certain limits placed upon it
Hindi सीमित, परिमित
- सीमित (sīmit)with certain limits placed upon it
- परिमित (parimit)with certain limits placed upon it
- संकुचित (saṅkucit)with certain limits placed upon it
- संकीर्ण (saṅkīrṇ)with certain limits placed upon it
Hungarian korlátolt, korlátozott
- korlátoltwith certain limits placed upon it
- korlátozottwith certain limits placed upon it
Indonesian terbatas
- terbataswith certain limits placed upon it
Irish teoranta
- teorantawith certain limits placed upon it
Italian limitato
- limitatowith certain limits placed upon it
Japanese 限られた, 有限の
- 限られた (kagirareta)with certain limits placed upon it
- 有限の (yūgen no)with certain limits placed upon it
Korean 제한된, 유한의
- 제한된 (jehandoen)with certain limits placed upon it
- 유한의 (yuhanui)with certain limits placed upon it
Latin fīnītus, dēfinītus
- fīnītuswith certain limits placed upon it
- dēfinītuswith certain limits placed upon it
Latvian ierobežots
- ierobežotswith certain limits placed upon it
Māori taparere
- taparerewith certain limits placed upon it
Norwegian Bokmål begrenset, begrensa
- begrensetwith certain limits placed upon it
- begrensawith certain limits placed upon it
Polish ograniczony
- ograniczonywith certain limits placed upon it
Portuguese limitado
- limitadowith certain limits placed upon it
Romanian limitat, mărginit
- limitatwith certain limits placed upon it
- mărginitwith certain limits placed upon it
Russian ограни́ченный
- ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj)with certain limits placed upon it
Slovak obmedzený, ohraničený
- obmedzenýwith certain limits placed upon it
- ohraničenýwith certain limits placed upon it
Spanish limitado
- limitadowith certain limits placed upon it
Swedish begränsad, inskränkt
- begränsadwith certain limits placed upon it
- inskränktwith certain limits placed upon it
- hjälpligwith certain limits placed upon it
Turkish sınırlı, tahdit edilmiş
- sınırlıwith certain limits placed upon it
- tahdit edilmişwith certain limits placed upon it
Ukrainian обме́жений
- обме́жений (obméženyj)with certain limits placed upon it
Welsh cyfyngedig
- cyfyngedigwith certain limits placed upon it
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Cite this entry
limited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limited
“limited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limited. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limited,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limited.
Source: limited on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.