[ usually passive ] to make sth exist or happen only in a particular place or within a particular group :
Violent crime is not limited to big cities.
The teaching of history should not be limited to dates and figures.
[ usually passive ] to make sth exist or happen only in a particular place or within a particular group :
Violent crime is not limited to big cities.
The teaching of history should not be limited to dates and figures.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005