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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

limited
    adj 1: small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited
           success"; "a limited circle of friends" [ant:
           limitless, unlimited]
    2: subject to limits or subjected to limits [syn:
       circumscribed, limited]
    3: including only a part
    4: mediocre [syn: limited, modified]
    5: not excessive
    6: having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific)
       role in the mission" [syn: limited, special]
    7: not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"
    n 1: public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that
         makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to
         New York" [syn: express, limited] [ant: local]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ld \Ld.\ n.
   The abbreviation for limited, term appended to the name of
   a company that is organized to give its owners limited
   liability; also abbreviated Ltd. It corresponds to Inc.
   in the United States. [Chiefly British] [abbr.]

   Syn: limited company, Ltd.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
   limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
   eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
   To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
   circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
   the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
   limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
   a word.
   [1913 Webster]

   Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
      between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
      the moon, in a given case, can occur.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[e^]d), a.
   Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted;
   as, our views of nature are very limited.
   [1913 Webster]

   Limited company, a company in which the liability of each
      shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has
      taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute
      beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Limited:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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