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limited
/ˈlɪmɪtɪd/
verb
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
"I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."
To have a limit in a particular set.
"The sequence limits on the point a."
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
"a limiting friar"
noun
An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
adjective
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.
"I have a limited understanding of quantum physics."
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