limitation

limitation: noun

1 limiting of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ fundamental, important, major, serious, severe, significant, strict

▪ damage (esp. BrE)

▪ an exercise in damage limitation

▪ arms

▪ talks on arms limitation

▪ budget, budgetary, financial, payment, resource (esp. AmE)

▪ distance, space

▪ Because of space limitations, I can only discuss the first and second points here.

▪ self-imposed

▪ This is a deliberate self-imposed limitation.

▪ potential

▪ another potential limitation of the study

VERB + LIMITATION

▪ impose, place, put on

▪ We've put some limitations on who and where they can purchase these.

▪ remove

▪ accept

▪ a limitation of your personal freedom

PREPOSITION

▪ limitation on

▪ limitations on one's freedom of action

▪ limitation to

▪ There should be no limitations to progress in the talks.

2 limitations sth that sb cannot do

ADJECTIVE

▪ fundamental, important, major, serious, severe, significant, strict

▪ inherent, intrinsic, natural

▪ Our rational thinking has natural limitations.

▪ human

▪ human potential and human limitations

▪ obvious

▪ the obvious limitations of the technology

▪ computational, design, physical, practical, technical, technological

▪ methodological

▪ the methodological limitations of his research

VERB + LIMITATIONS

▪ have

▪ She has serious limitations as a mother.

▪ circumvent, exceed, overcome, transcend

▪ At times his technique seems to transcend the limitations of the piano.

▪ acknowledge, know, realize, recognize, understand

▪ Please don't ask me to sing—I know my limitations!

▪ expose, highlight, point out, reflect, reveal, show

▪ The team's technical limitations were exposed by the Italians.

▪ demonstrate, illustrate

▪ Our findings illustrate the limitations of this treatment.

▪ identify

▪ Several limitations were identified in this study.

▪ accept

▪ You just have to accept your limitations.

▪ address

▪ Further research should address these limitations.

▪ face

▪ We face considerable limitations on our capacity to assess and analyze this.

PREPOSITION

▪ despite sb's/sth's limitation

▪ It's a useful book despite its limitations.

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Synonyms:

Restriction, restraint

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limitation — [ limitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1322; lat. limitatio ♦ Action de limiter, de fixer des limites; son résultat. ⇒ restriction. Limitation d un pouvoir. Limitation des importations. ⇒ contingentement; protectionnisme. Limitation des armements. Limitation des … Encyclopédie Universelle
limitation — lim·i·ta·tion n 1 a: restriction a limitation on the rights of ownership b: a statement or stipulation in a deed or will placing limits on the disposition of an estate or interest esp. in regard to duration or heirs see also word … Law dictionary
Limitation — Lim i*ta tion ( t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. limitatio: cf. F. limitation. See {Limit}, v. t.] 1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. [1913 Webster] They had no… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
limitation — lim‧i‧ta‧tion [ˌlɪmˈteɪʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] when only a certain amount, number etc of something is allowed: • The new law imposes limitations on campaign contributions. * * * limitation UK US /ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [C or U] ► [C,… … Financial and business terms
limitation — Limitation. s. f. Fixation, restriction, determination. On luy a donné un pouvoir sans limitation. il peut rentrer dans son heritage sans aucune limitation de temps … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
limitation — • limitation, begränsning, inskränkning • inskränkning, reduktion, limitation … Svensk synonymlexikon
limitation — ► NOUN 1) a restriction. 2) a defect or failing. 3) (also limitation period) Law a legally specified period beyond which an action may be defeated or a property right is not to continue … English terms dictionary
Limitation — (lat.), Begrenzung, Beschränkung; limitatīv, beschränkend; limitieren, begrenzen, beschränken; genau festsetzen. Limite (frz., spr. mít), Limĭto (ital.), Limĭtum (lat.), im Börsenverkehr der bei Kaufs oder Verkaufsaufträgen dem Kommissionär… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Limitation — Limitation, lat. dtsch, Begränzung, Beschränkung; limitativ, beschränkend; limitiren, begränzen, beschränken … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
limitation — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. limitacion and directly from L. limitationem (nom. limitatio), noun of action from pp. stem of limitare (see LIMIT (Cf. limit)). Phrase statute of limitations attested by 1768 … Etymology dictionary
limitation — [n] restraint, disadvantage bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint … New thesaurus

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