Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of limiting or the state of being limited.

    Limitieren, Limitierung, Begrenzen

    ограниче́ниеograničénije

    an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

  2. (countable, uncountable)A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.

    Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation, it felt like a limitation you could roll in.

    He understood the exam material, but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome.

    Limitierung, Einschränkung

    ограниче́ниеograničénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.

    Einschränkung

    ограниче́ниеograničénije

  4. (countable, uncountable)A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

    The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.

    Verjährungsfrist

    срок да́вностиsrok dávnosti

    (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

Examples

68 sentences
  1. It is important to know your own limitations.

    Важливо знати власні обмеження.

    ruВажно правильно оценивать свои возможности.

    deEs ist wichtig, dass du deine eigenen Grenzen kennst.

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  2. Tom is aware of his own limitations.

    Том усвідомлює власні обмеження.

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  3. I'm acutely aware of my limitations.

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  4. Some crimes have no statute of limitations.

    ruУ некоторых преступлений нет срока давности.

    deManche Verbrechen verjähren nicht.

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  5. I've heard there's no statute of limitations on murder.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act of limiting:
time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
act of limiting:
restriction that limits:
time period — see also statute of limitations, prescription:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation.

Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation.

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Forms

plural: limitations
Singularlimitation
Plurallimitations

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
time period:prescriptionB1
Close in meaning
  • an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation):restriction
  • a principle that limits the extent of something:restriction
  • the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed:limit

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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