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limitative

limitative adjective: restrictive, limited.

Adjective

limitative (comparative more limitative, superlative most limitative)

  1. Restrictive, limited.
    • There is a general mood of expectation, these days, of "limitative" results—but back in 1931, this came as a bolt from the blue.1979, Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach
  2. Being or relating to a grammatical case that specifies a deadline, a time by which something must take place.

Forms of limitative

comparativemore limitative
superlativemost limitative

Words formed from limitative

Questions about limitative

What does limitative mean?
Limitative means restrictive, limited.
What part of speech is limitative?
Limitative is an adjective.

Words near limitative in the dictionary

  1. limitation
  2. limitational
  3. limitationist
  4. limitationists
  5. limitations
  6. limitative
  7. limitatively
  8. limited
  9. limited atonement
  10. limited companies
  11. limited company

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