limitation
/lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
limitation noun: the act of limiting or the state of being limited.
Noun
limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)
- The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- 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.
- An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
- Both the MI score and the t-score have their limitations. MI computes a logarithm representing the number of co-occurrences of words compared to their occurrences apart in the corpus, which can highlight rare collocations if the components tend not to occur with other words. The t-score formula is...2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI...
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- prescription
limitation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
limitation in Hindi
- limitation
- रुकावट rukāvaṭ
limitation in Tamil
- குறைபாடு, எல்லை, வரம்பு, வரையறை, கட்டுப்படுத்துதல்
limitation in Urdu
- limitation
- رکاوٹ rukāvaṭ
limitation in Bengali
- সীমাবদ্ধতা, সীমা, নিয়ন্ত্রণ, ত্রুটি, সীমাবদ্ধ করা, সামর্থ্যের পরিমাণ
More languagesFewer languages
- limitation in Telugu
- ఉపాధి upādhi
- limitation in Malayalam
- പരിമിതി parimiti, കുറവ് kuṟavŭ
- limitation in Kannada
- ಇತಿಮಿತಿ, ಸೀಮಿತ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಮಿತಿ ಕಲ್ಪಿಸುವುದು, ಹದ್ದಿನಲ್ಲಿಡುವುದು
- limitation in Gujarati
- મર્યાદિતતા
- limitation in Sanskrit
- अवधारण avadhāraṇa
- limitation in Nepali
- सीमितता
- limitation in Indonesian
- pembatasan, batasan, keterbatasan
- limitation in Thai
- อายุความ aa-yú-kwaam
Examples of limitation in a sentence
- That’s what I discovered at TED when I shared my story about a limitation that held me back from my dream.2013 June 2, Phil Hansen, “Art that embraces our limits”, in CNN:
- Both the MI score and the t-score have their limitations.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through...
Synonyms of limitation
Antonyms
Forms of limitation
| plural | limitations |
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Origin of limitation
Borrowed from Latin limitatio. Morphologically limit + -ation.
Words formed from limitation
Phrases with limitation
Words that rhyme with limitation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about limitation
- What does limitation mean?
- Limitation means the act of limiting or the state of being limited.
- What is limitation in Hindi?
- Limitation in Hindi is रुकावट (rukāvaṭ). See Limitation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use limitation in a sentence?
- That’s what I discovered at TED when I shared my story about a limitation that held me back from my dream.
- What part of speech is limitation?
- Limitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce limitation?
- Limitation is pronounced /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of limitation?
- The plural of limitation is limitations.
Words near limitation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: limitation (page history and authors); रुकावट (Hindi) (page history and authors); limitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); رکاوٹ (Urdu) (page history and authors); limitation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉపాధి (Telugu) (page history and authors); limitation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); limitation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limitation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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