limiting
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase • Syn: modification, qualifying • Derivationally related forms: qualify (for: qualifying), modify (for: modification) • Hypernyms: grammatical relation • Hyponyms: restrictiveness, apposition
1. restricting the scope or freedom of action (Freq. 3) • Syn: confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting • Similar to: restrictive 2. strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase - 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 • Similar to: restrictive • Topics: grammar
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