"limitation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-limitation.ogg [US] Forms: limitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la|limitatio|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin limitatio, {{bor+|en|la|limitatio}} Borrowed from Latin limitatio, {{suffix|en|limit|ation|nocat=1}} limit + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)
  1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of limiting): սահմանափակում (sahmanapʻakum) (Armenian), ограничаване (ograničavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), limitació [feminine] (Catalan), begrænsning [common-gender] (Danish), begrenzing (Dutch), beperking (Dutch), inperking (Dutch), limitado (Esperanto), piiramine (Estonian), rajoitus (Finnish), rajoittaminen (Finnish), limitation [feminine] (French), Limitieren [neuter] (German), Limitierung [feminine] (German), Begrenzen [neuter] (German), Begrenzung [feminine] (German), teorannú [masculine] (Irish), limitazione [feminine] (Italian), aukatinga (Maori), begrensning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), limitação [feminine] (Portuguese), limitare [feminine] (Romanian), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), limitación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-limitation-en-noun-MhK9k5CO Disambiguation of 'act of limiting': 84 7 5 4
  2. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (restriction that limits): սահմանափակում (sahmanapʻakum) (Armenian), ограничение (ograničenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), limitació [feminine] (Catalan), begrænsning (Danish), grens (Dutch), beperking (Dutch), limo (Esperanto), limigo (Esperanto), piirang (Estonian), rajoitus (Finnish), limitation [feminine] (French), Limitierung [feminine] (German), Einschränkung [feminine] (German), limitazione [feminine] (Italian), പരിമിതി (parimiti) (Malayalam), aukatinga (Maori), begrensning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), avgrensing [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), avgrensing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), limitação [feminine] (Portuguese), limitare [feminine] (Romanian), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), अवधारण (avadhāraṇa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), limitación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-limitation-en-noun-l5X4W1MH Disambiguation of 'restriction that limits': 5 67 24 4
  3. An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (imperfection which limits): beperking (Dutch), limigo (Esperanto), limigeco (Esperanto), rajoitus (Finnish), Einschränkung [feminine] (German), കുറവ് (kuṟavŭ) (Malayalam), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-limitation-en-noun-OCEmaf4q Disambiguation of 'imperfection which limits': 8 15 72 5
  4. (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Directives Synonyms (time period): prescription Translations (time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription): давност (davnost) [feminine, masculine] (Bulgarian), verjaringstermijn (Dutch), vanhentumisaika (Finnish), Verjährungsfrist [feminine] (German), cinnteacht [feminine] (Irish), termen de prescripție [neuter] (Romanian), срок да́вности (srok dávnosti) [masculine] (Russian), อายุความ (aa-yú-kwaam) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-limitation-en-noun-rCzDyTG4 Disambiguation of Directives: 12 22 9 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 18 18 38 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'time period': 9 5 6 80 Disambiguation of 'time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription': 9 7 8 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fee simple subject to executory limitation, limitational, statute of limitations Related terms: limitative

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation."
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          "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "roman": "aa-yú-kwaam",
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      "roman": "sahmanapʻakum",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "սահմանափակում"
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      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "limitació"
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "begrenzing"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "beperking"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "inperking"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "limitado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "piiramine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "rajoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "rajoittaminen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Limitieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Limitierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Begrenzen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begrenzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teorannú"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "word": "aukatinga"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "begrensning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograničénije",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of limiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitación"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sahmanapʻakum",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ograničenie",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
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      ],
      "word": "ограничение"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitació"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "begrænsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "grens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "beperking"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "limo"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "limigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "piirang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "rajoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Limitierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Einschränkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "parimiti",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "പരിമിതി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "word": "aukatinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "begrensning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "avgrensing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avgrensing"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograničénije",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "avadhāraṇa",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "अवधारण"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "restriction that limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limitación"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "word": "beperking"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "word": "limigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "word": "limigeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "word": "rajoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einschränkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kuṟavŭ",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "word": "കുറവ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograničénije",
      "sense": "imperfection which limits",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davnost",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "давност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "word": "verjaringstermijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "word": "vanhentumisaika"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verjährungsfrist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinnteacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "termen de prescripție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srok dávnosti",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "срок да́вности"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-yú-kwaam",
      "sense": "time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription",
      "word": "อายุความ"
    }
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  "word": "limitation"
}

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