limitation
US: /ˌɫɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
UK: /lˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən/
UK: /lˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
limitation /,limi'teiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự hạn chế, sự hạn định, sự giới hạn
- tính hạn chế, tính hạn định, tính có hạn
- (số nhiều) nhược điểm, thiếu sót, mặt hạn chế
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] the act or process of limiting or controlling sb/sth: They would resist any limitation of their powers.
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2 [C] ~ (on sth) a rule, fact or condition that limits sth: to impose limitations on imports + Disability is a physical limitation on your life.
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3 [C, usually pl.] a limit on what sb/sth can do or how good they or it can be: This technique is useful but it has its limitations. + She has serious limitations as a poet. + He was well aware of his own limitations.
Collocation dictionary
1 limiting of sth
ADJ.
important, major, serious, severe | family | damage
an exercise in damage limitation
| arms
talks on arms limitation
| budget, budgetary, financial
VERB + LIMITATION
impose, place | remove | accept
a limitation of your personal freedom
PREP.
~ on
limitations on one's freedom of action
| ~ to
There should be no limitations to progress in the talks.
2 limitations: sth that sb cannot do
ADJ.
important, major, serious, severe | inherent | physical, technical
VERB + LIMITATION
have
She has serious limitations as a mother.
| overcome, transcend
At times his technique seems to transcend the limitations of the piano.
| know, recognize
Please don't ask me to sing?I know my limitations!
| expose, reveal, show
The team's technical limitations were exposed by the Italians.
| accept
You've just got to accept your limitations.
PREP.
despite sb's/sth's ~
It's a useful book despite its limitations.
Concise English dictionary
limitations‚lɪmɪ'teɪʃn
noun
+a principle that limits the extent of something
+the quality of being limited or restricted
+the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
+(law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought
+an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
