limiting

Noun
  1. The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase (synset 113823013)
    is a type of: grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: modification, qualifying
Adjective
  1. Restricting the scope or freedom of action (synset 302011119)
    similar to: restrictive - serving to restrict
    same as: confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting
  2. Strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase (synset 302011481)
    "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"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    similar to: restrictive - serving to restrict

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