| limiting | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. limiting, modification, qualifying | the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase. |
| ~ grammatical relation | a linguistic relation established by grammar. |
| ~ restrictiveness | a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat'). |
| ~ apposition | a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows.; "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition" |
| adj. | 2. confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting | restricting the scope or freedom of action. |
| ~ restrictive | serving to restrict.; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" |
| adj. | 3. limiting | strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase.; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause" |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ restrictive | serving to restrict.; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" |
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