Collocations for "limited"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "limited" in context.
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limit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [speed, age, call, spending, height] limit
- a limit of [ten feet, 1000 dollars, three years]
- the [specified, standard, established, imposed] limit
- set a limit of
- set limits [for, on] your children
- there's a limit on [entrants, access, depth, pressure]
- [place, put, enforce, impose] a limit (on)
- has [reached, exceeded, passed] the limit
- was [traveling, driving, going] over the speed limit
- had [drunk, consumed] more than the legal limit
- [suspended, banned] for drinking over the legal limit
- fined for exceeding the speed limit
- is [over, under, within] the limit
- the age limit is [sixteen]
- an age limit of [eighteen]
- the limit of [reason, normality]
- the upper limit of his [budget, ability, time]
- the [town, city, county] limits
- the outer limits of [space, the galaxy, the cosmos]
- reached the limit of her [patience, endurance, strength, resistance]
- there's a limit to how much I will [take, tolerate]
- I have reached my limit
- limit the [number, amount, supply] (of)
- limit [immigration, guns, permits, licenses, access]
- limit [spending, funding, investments]
- [spending] is limited to [essential, core, urgent] areas
- limit the use of [force, nuclear energy, additives]
- limit the [capacity, size] of a [venue, stadium, tank]
- limited to [members, ex-students, professionals, subscribers]
- limited to [50]
- limit your [intake, calories, diet]
- limit your [response, answer] to [100 words, 5 minutes]
- (don't) limit yourself to (one)
- limit the supply of [water, guns, gas] (to)
- limit the (amount of) time you spend [online, playing, browsing]
- limited their capacity to [attack, produce, improve, supply]
- the [enemy, police officers, army] limited their capacity to [attack]
- limited to [ensure, prevent, avoid, improve]
- he was limited to [saying, responding] that
- offer is limited to one [transaction, voucher, pack, item] per [person, individual]
- the limit [point, mark, marking]
'limited' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ability
- allotment
- amount
- availability
- available
- bowel
- cancer
- capacity
- character
- choice
- disability
- entry
- extremely
- few
- finance
- internet
- levy
- liability
- lifespan
- limit
- movement
- opportunity
- outbound
- pain
- parking
- power
- preferably
- print
- promotion
- provider
- quantity
- reading
- resistance
- resource
- restraint
- scope
- scrub
- somewhat
- space
- strictly
- tightly
- time
- variety
- warranty