Limited
['lɪmɪtɪd]
Definition
(adj.) including only a part .
(adj.) not unlimited; 'a limited list of choices' .
(adj.) having a specific function or scope; 'a special (or specific) role in the mission' .
(adj.) small in range or scope; 'limited war'; 'a limited success'; 'a limited circle of friends' .
(adj.) not excessive .
(adj.) mediocre .
Edited by Candice--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Limit
(a.) Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
Edited by Lester
Examples
- A constitution of the Japanese type came into existence in 1909, making China a limited monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The foreign language, the limited time, the public display. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He limited the number of these traders to one for each of his three armies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Until the beginning of 1882 there were only a few arc-lighting stations in existence for the limited distribution of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Pott's domestic circle was limited to himself and his wife. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Her very limited intercourse with Mr Rokesmith rendered this hard to find out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is a cheap source of illumination, but is found in relatively few localities and only in limited quantity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The third, those in which the efficacy of industry is either limited or uncertain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The names of the occupants were painted at the bottom on the wall, but there was no such name as the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- An incident of evaporation is the passing from the limited volume of a liquid to the greatly increased volume of a gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- What is wanted is a strong, steady current, and our choice of material is limited to the substances which will give this result. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Limited by luncheon? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Prior to 1878 the speed of the average spindle was limited to 5,000 revolutions a minute. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Vern