limited

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear, be, seem

▪ become

▪ remain

▪ keep sth

▪

She kept the plans carefully limited to a circle of a few trusted friends.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ decidedly, distinctly, highly, seriously, severely, sharply, strictly

▪

Places are strictly limited, so you should apply as soon as possible.

▪ increasingly

▪ a little, slightly, etc.

▪ comparatively, relatively

▪ apparently

▪ inevitably, necessarily

▪ inherently

▪

This research is inherently limited in its scope.

▪ admittedly

▪

the books in this admittedly limited sample

▪ geographically, socially

▪

The role that women could play was socially limited.

PREPOSITION

▪ in

▪

We're really limited in what we can do these days.

▪ to

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The number of passengers is limited to fifteen.

Limited is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑access, ↑aim, ↑amount, ↑appeal, ↑assistance, ↑autonomy, ↑availability, ↑budget, ↑capability, ↑capacity, ↑choice, ↑circulation, ↑company, ↑concession, ↑confines, ↑coverage, ↑data, ↑demand, ↑duration, ↑edition, ↑effectiveness, ↑evidence, ↑exception, ↑experience, ↑expertise, ↑exposure, ↑facility, ↑fashion, ↑franchise, ↑fund, ↑funding, ↑grasp, ↑horizon, ↑imagination, ↑impact, ↑importance, ↑information, ↑intellect, ↑intelligence, ↑intervention, ↑jurisdiction, ↑knowledge, ↑means, ↑menu, ↑mobility, ↑nature, ↑number, ↑objective, ↑opportunity, ↑option, ↑participation, ↑partner, ↑partnership, ↑period, ↑pool, ↑power, ↑proficiency, ↑progress, ↑prospect, ↑purpose, ↑quantity, ↑range, ↑recourse, ↑recovery, ↑registration, ↑relevance, ↑repertoire, ↑resource, ↑role, ↑scope, ↑selection, ↑sense, ↑service, ↑significance, ↑size, ↑sovereignty, ↑space, ↑success, ↑supply, ↑support, ↑time, ↑understanding, ↑use, ↑usefulness, ↑utility, ↑value, ↑visibility, ↑vocabulary, ↑war, ↑warranty