noun
1 limiting of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ fundamental , important , major , serious , severe , significant , strict
▪ damage ( esp. BrE )
▪
an exercise in damage ~
▪ arms
▪
talks on arms ~
▪ budget , budgetary , financial , payment , resource ( esp. AmE )
▪ distance , space
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Because of space ~s, I can only discuss the first and second points here.
▪ self-imposed
▪
This is a deliberate self-imposed ~.
▪ potential
▪
another potential ~ of the study
VERB + LIMITATION
▪ impose , place , put on
▪
We've put some ~s on who and where they can purchase these.
▪ remove
▪ accept
▪
a ~ of your personal freedom
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
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~s on one's freedom of action
▪ ~ to
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There should be no ~s to progress in the talks.
2 limitations sth that sb cannot do
ADJECTIVE
▪ fundamental , important , major , serious , severe , significant , strict
▪ inherent , intrinsic , natural
▪
Our rational thinking has natural ~s.
▪ human
▪
human potential and human ~s
▪ obvious
▪
the obvious ~s of the technology
▪ computational , design , physical , practical , technical , technological
▪ methodological
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the methodological ~s of his research
VERB + LIMITATIONS
▪ have
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She has serious ~s as a mother.
▪ circumvent , exceed , overcome , transcend
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At times his technique seems to transcend the ~s of the piano.
▪ acknowledge , know , realize , recognize , understand
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Please don't ask me to sing—I know my ~s!
▪ expose , highlight , point out , reflect , reveal , show
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The team's technical ~s were exposed by the Italians.
▪ demonstrate , illustrate
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Our findings illustrate the ~s of this treatment.
▪ identify
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Several ~s were identified in this study.
▪ accept
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You just have to accept your ~s.
▪ address
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Further research should address these ~s.
▪ face
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We face considerable ~s on our capacity to assess and analyze this.
PREPOSITION
▪ despite sb's/sth's ~
▪
It's a useful book despite its ~s.