verb

1. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

   “I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.”

2. To have a limit in a particular set.

   “The sequence limits on the point a.”

3. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

   “a limiting friar”

noun

1. An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

adjective

1. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

2. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.

   “I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.”

Synonyms: finite