query | A l_________ is a fact or situation that allows only some actions and makes others impossible .A limitation is a fact or situation that allows only some actions and makes others impossible . This drug has one important limitation. Its effects only last six hours. ...an acute disc collapse in the spine, causing limitation of movement. |
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word | limitation |
full-definition | noun The limitation of something is the act or process of controlling or reducing it. All the talk had been about the limitation of nuclear weapons. ...damage limitation. A limitation on something is a rule or decision which prevents that thing from growing or extending beyond certain limits. ...a limitation on the tax deductions for people who make more than $100,000 a year. There is to be no limitation on the number of opposition parties. If you talk about the limitations of someone or something, you mean that they can only do some things and not others, or cannot do something very well . The theory is a useful tool, but it has limitations. Parents are too likely to blame schools for the educational limitations of their children. A limitation is a fact or situation that allows only some actions and makes others impossible . This drug has one important limitation. Its effects only last six hours. ...an acute disc collapse in the spine, causing limitation of movement. |
inflections | limitations |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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